Using Your Heart Rate Monitor; Touch Heart Rate; How To Use The Touch Heart Rate Monitor; How To Use Your Chest Strap - Bowflex 7 Series Owner's Manual

Using Your Heart Rate Monitor

touch Heart rate

Touch heart rate grip enables you to monitor your pulse before, during and after your workout. Your heart rate will read
out on your console's display.
NOTE: If you are new to using a treadmill, step off the walking belt onto the side
rails to use the touch heart rate feature.

How to Use the touch Heart rate Monitor:

1. Step off the walking belt on to the side rails.
2. Turn the treadmill on.
3. Press QUICK START. The belt will start to move at 0.5 MPH (0.8 Km/h).
4. Place your hands on the metal sensors located on the grips; your right hand should be gripping the right sensor and
your left hand should be gripping the left sensor.
5. Be careful not to place too much pressure on the grip; this could make the pulse reading inaccurate.
6. After six or seven heartbeats, your pulse will be displayed in the heart-rate window.
7. Press POWER to turn off the treadmill.

How to Use your Chest Strap

The Chest Strap is available for use with the Bowflex® 7 Series treadmills sold in the United States and Canada, along
with all Bowflex® 3, 5 and 7 Series treadmills sold internationally.
Using your chest strap, you can monitor your heart rate at any time during your workout. Or you can use a pre-
programmed heart rate function.
1. Attach the
. Adjust the strap length
• The chest strap will send your heart rate to the treadmill's receiver. Your pulse will be displayed within a matter of
several seconds.
• If your treadmill is equipped with heart rate programs, you will find an explanation of the heart rate programs on the
following pages in this user's manual.
transmitter to the
elastic strap.
to fit snugly and com-
fortably against your
skin. Secure the strap
around your chest,
just below the chest
muscles, and buckle it.
3. Lift the transmitter off your
chest and moisten the two
grooved electrode areas on
the back.
. Check that the wet
electrode areas are
firmly against your skin.
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