ProForm 1150ci User Manual page 13

HOW TO USE A HEART RATE PROGRAM
Heart rate program 7 is designed to keep your heart
rate between 65% and 85% of your maximum heart
rate during your workout. (Your maximum heart rate is
estimated by subtracting your age from 220. For
example, if you are 25 years old, your maximum heart
rate is 195 beats per minute.) Heart rate program 8 is
designed to keep your heart rate near a target heart
rate that you choose.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
Turn on the console.
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See step 1 on page 11.
Select one of the heart rate programs.
2
Each time the
console is
turned on, the
manual mode
will be selected.
To select a
heart rate pro-
gram, press the
Program button repeatedly until the number 7 or 8
appears in the upper right corner of the display.
The profiles numbered 7 and 8 on the right side
of the console show the resistance settings for
the heart rate programs.
Enter your age or a target heart rate.
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If you selected program 7, the word AGE and
the current age setting will flash in the display
(see the drawing above). Press the + or – button
repeatedly to enter your age. Once you have
entered your age, your age will be saved in mem-
ory until the batteries are replaced.
If you selected
program 8, the
letters PLS and
a target heart
rate setting of
70 beats per
minute will flash
in the display.
Press the + or – button repeatedly to change the
target heart rate setting, if desired. The target
heart rate setting can be from 70 to 170 beats per
minute.
Hold the handgrip pulse sensor or put on the
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optional chest pulse sensor .
To use a heart rate program, you must use the
handgrip pulse sensor or wear the optional chest
pulse sensor. If you use the handgrip pulse sen-
sor, it is not necessary to hold the handgrips con-
tinuously during the program. However, you should
hold the handgrips frequently for the program to
operate properly. Each time you hold the hand-
grips, keep your hands on the metal contacts
for at least 30 seconds. Note: When you are not
holding the handgrips, the letters PLS will appear
in the display instead of your heart rate.
Start the program.
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To start the program, simply begin pedalling.
Program 7 consists of twenty, one-minute peri-
ods. One resistance setting and one heart rate
setting are programmed for each period. (The
same resistance setting and/or heart rate setting
may be programmed for consecutive periods.)
Program 8 is sixty minutes long (you may choose
to use only part of the program). The same resis-
tance setting and target heart rate setting are pro-
grammed for the entire program.
If program 7 is selected, the resistance of the
exercise cycle will periodically change to keep
your heart rate near the current target heart rate.
(Note: If the current resistance level is too high or
too low, you can adjust the resistance level by
pressing the + or – button. However, when the
current period of the program is completed, the
resistance level may automatically change.) If
program 8 is selected, the resistance setting will
not change unless the target heart rate setting is
changed. Pressing the + and – buttons will
change the target heart rate setting.
During program
7 and program
8, the pace indi-
cators will help
you to keep your
heart rate near
the current target
heart rate. The
left indicator will show your actual pedalling pace.
The right indicator will show a target pace. When
you hold the handgrip pulse sensor or wear the
optional chest pulse sensor, the console will com-
pare your heart rate to the current target heart
rate. If necessary, the right indicator will then
change in height to prompt you to increase or
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