Getting Started; Developing Your Routine; Tank Filling And Water Treatment - First Degree Fitness TRIDENTChallenge AR Owner's Manual

Getting Started

To achieve minimum resistance, select "MIN" on the tank adjuster. It takes 10
strokes to fill the central (storage) tank, leaving a minimal amount of water in the
outer (active) tank. This process is always required if minimum resistance is de-
sired. Row hard at a steady pace (20 to 25 strokes per minute [SPM]) and put
some effort into the stroke, ensuring that good form is maintained. You can make
adjustments to the resistance level while you row. Your Rowing Ergometer will
adapt almost instantly to increases in resistance but will take up to 10 strokes to re-
duce the effort required, as the central (storage) tank fills up.

Developing Your Routine

Once you have found a level that gives you the exercise required, changes can be
made to SPM and to stroke intensity to further vary your energy input. Interval
training is used by most Rowers, where a period of low intensity is combined with
short intervals of high intensity. Your FDF Rowing Ergometer allows for changes
'on the fly', to achieve multi-level resistance profiles during a single workout. For
more information on exercise routines, please visit our website on
www.firstdegreefitness.com"

Tank Filling and Water Treatment

Siphon
1.Remove Rubber Fill Plug from the top of the tank.
2.Place a large bucket of water next to the rower and position siphon with the rigid
hose in the bucket and the flexible hose into the tank as shown. Note: Make sure
small breather valve on the top of the siphon is closed before filling.
Tank Filling and Water Treatment Pro-
cedures
Note:17 liters of water is required for
Tank plug
10
maximum filling.
Fill tank
with
adjuster
handle set
to "MAX"
only.