NordicTrack Cxt 990 User Manual page 16

HOW TO USE A HEART RATE PROGRAM
Each heart rate program helps you to keep your heart
rate near a certain percentage 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 30 years old, your maximum heart
rate is 190.) Heart rate program 9 is designed to keep
your heart rate between 50% and 85% of your maxi-
mum heart rate whilst you exercise; heart rate pro-
gram 10 is designed to keep your heart rate between
50% and 80% of your maximum heart rate.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
Make sure that the power cord is plugged in
1
and the on/off switch is in the on position.
See step 1 on page 13.
Press any button on the console or move the
2
pedals to turn on the power.
See step 2 on page 13.
Select one of the heart rate programs.
3
When the power is
turned on, the
manual mode will
be selected. To
select a heart rate
program, press the
Select Program
button repeatedly until a P-9 or P-10 appears in
the left display.
The profiles labelled P9 and P10 on the console
show the resistance settings for the heart rate
programs. For example, profile P9 shows that
during program 9 the resistance will gradually
increase during the program and then decrease
near the end. Note: When you select a heart rate
program, the matrix will show a simplified profile
of the program.
Enter your age.
4
When a heart rate
program is select-
ed, the word AGE
and the current
age setting will
flash in the right
display. You must enter your age to use a heart
rate program. If you have already entered your
age, press the Enter Age button and go to step 5.
If you have not entered your age, press the + or
– button repeatedly (these are the buttons that
select resistance levels 9 and 10) to enter your
age, and then press the Enter Age button. Once
you have entered your age, your age will be
saved in memory.
Put on the chest pulse sensor or hold the
5
handgrip pulse sensor.
Refer to step 6 on page 14.
If you use the handgrip pulse sensor, it is not
necessary to hold the handgrips continuously
during the program. However, you should hold
the handgrips frequently for the program to oper-
ate properly. Each time you hold the hand-
grips, keep your hands on the metal contacts
for at least 30 seconds.
Start the program.
6
To start the program, press the Start Program
button or simply begin exercising. Each heart
rate program consists of twenty, one-minute seg-
ments. One resistance setting and one heart rate
setting are programmed for each segment. (The
same resistance setting and/or heart rate setting
may be programmed for two or more consecutive
segments.)
The resistance set-
ting for the first
segment will be
shown in the flash-
ing Current
Segment column of
the matrix. The
resistance settings
for the next five segments will be shown in the
columns to the right. When only three seconds
remain in the first segment, both the Current
Segment column and the column to the right will
flash, a series of tones will sound, and all resis-
tance settings will move one column to the left.
The resistance setting for the second segment
will then be shown in the flashing Current
Segment column and the resistance of the ellipti-
cal crosstrainer will automatically adjust to the sec-
ond setting.
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Current Segment