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  • Page 1 CS 8.0 Bike Owner’s Guide 800.426.6570 / www.truefitness.com...
  • Page 2 Today True also produces award-winning exercise bikes, ellipticals, and TrueStretch, our patented flexibility unit. True Fitness is dedicated to always staying a step ahead of the competition and supplying its valued customers with the finest workout equipment in the industry.
  • Page 3 Review for Your Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS When using this exercise machine, basic precautions should always be followed, which includes the following: Read and understand all instructions and warnings prior to use. Obtain a medical exam before beginning any exercise program. If at any time during exercise you feel faint, dizzy, or experience pain, stop and consult your physician.

  • Page 4: Quick Start Guide

    Begin pedaling. The display will start up in WORKOUT SETUP. Starting Up QUICK START into a manual workout by pressing SELECT A DIFFERENT WORKOUT by pressing the program keys. Press program keys more than once for more programs. ACCEPT EACH SETTING AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE by pressing sex —...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 - Introduction Top Features, Fancy Features, Basic Features page9 4 - Workout Setup Setting Up Workout, During Workout and Smart Start page 27 7 - Heart Rate Control Three different types of heart rate feedback workouts page 39 10 - Fitness Test How to use the...
  • Page 6 12 - Other Functions More workout options page 69 15 - Care and Maximum Heart Rate Maintenance and Target Heart Rate page 87 Appendix C CS 8.0 Bike controls and exercise intensity Position and Stand on page 97 CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide Table of Contents 13 - Creating an Exercise Plan...
  • Page 7 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter One Introduction In This Chapter: Top Features Fancy Features Basic Features...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Top Features CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Your new CS 8.0 Bike console, the CS 8.0 console, is the most sophisticated exercise computer in the fitness industry. Even the simplest operation, Manual Control, works in a special and useful way. But the CS.80 console is also extremely easy to use; the user can ignore all the fancy stuff and use it with just one or two keystrokes.

  • Page 9: Features

    Fancy Features CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Advanced Custom Programming: Create up to three different Fancy program profiles, up to 60 segments long, using any of four Features different programming methods, including a Record mode. Custom Intervals: Choose your own interval workload and duration.
  • Page 10 Basic Features CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Three-mode Manual Control: MET-based, bicycle simulation, or 10-watt increments. Four Pre-set Programs: Easy intervals, speed intervals, rolling hills, and one big hill. CSAFE Audio Control: Volume and channel remote control of compatible systems. CSAFE Power: Supply power to an external audio remote control.

  • Page 11: Workout

    Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Two Riding Your Bike In This Chapter: Workout Program Basics Heart Rate Monitoring Chest Strap Use...

  • Page 12: Manual

    Getting Started on Your Bike CHAPTER TWO: RIDING YOUR BIKE Set your weight before every workout. This allows the CS 8.0 Bike to control your workout more effectively. See the Personal Power section in Chapter 5 for more information. The body weight setting does not affect the calorie expenditure calculation.

  • Page 13: Cs 8.0 Owner's Guide

    Riders are most efficient if they Foot place the ball of their foot in the Position center of the pedal. Most riders will find a comfort/efficiency sweet spot at a Pedal pedal cadence around 80 rpm. More serious riders desiring Cadence maximum performance typically pedal at around 100 rpm.

  • Page 14: Heart Rate

    Monitoring Your Heart Rate CHAPTER TWO: RIDING YOUR BIKE The CS 8.0 Bike has two ways of monitoring your heart rate: ...By using a chest strap that transmits your heart rate to the bike via radio..or by using the metal contact heart rate pads on the handlebars. Upright Upper HRC Pads Although your bike functions fine without using the heart rate monitoring feature, this kind of monitoring gives you valuable...
  • Page 15 When you wear a Polar or compatible transmitter strap, the bike Chest Strap will display your heart rate as a digital beats-per-minute (bpm) Heart Rate readout. This monitoring is very accurate, typically within one Monitoring beat per minute. The transmitter strap should be worn directly against your skin, about one inch below the pectoral muscles/breast line...

  • Page 16: Heart Rate

    Contact Heart Rate Use CHAPTER TWO: RIDING YOUR BIKE The contact heart rate system lets you monitor your heart rate without wearing a strap. A Note on CHR Accuracy CHR monitoring may be a bit less accurate than a chest strap, since the heart rate signals are much stronger at the chest.

  • Page 17: Fitness Test

    Getting the Most From CHR 1. Exercise with smooth body motions. Avoid excessive body For Best motion, especially in your arms and upper body. Results 2. Breathe smoothly and regularly, and avoid talking. (Talking will cause unrepresentative heart rate spikes of 5 to 10 bpm.) 3.

  • Page 18: Calorie Goal

    Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Three The Display In This Chapter: Keypad Layout What the Keys Do Upper Console...
  • Page 19 Keypad Layout CHAPTER THREE: THE DISPLAY CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 20 The Keys Workout Setup: Switches into Workout Setup mode. Workload is reduced and all data accumulation is paused while in Workout Setup. Change Display: Changes data readouts from one set of four to the other set. Press and hold for two seconds to have the sets automatically alternate back and forth every five seconds.
  • Page 21 What the Keys Do CHAPTER THREE: THE DISPLAY Heart Rate Control: Cycles through Constant, Interval, HRC Ultra, and HRC Ultra Interval. See Chapter 7. Calorie Goal: Selects the Calorie Goal workout. See Chapter 8. Intervals: Cycles through Easy, Sport, and Custom. See Chapter 6.
  • Page 22 Distance: An estimate of how far you would have traveled on an outdoor bike.* Time: The amount of time remaining in your workout. If you press , this becomes elapsed time; how long you have been working out so far.* METs: Your METs rate.* *Pressing the “Change Display”...
  • Page 23 How to Read Your Display CHAPTER THREE: THE DISPLAY Level: In all other workout modes, indicates which workout level is selected. In Bike Mode, indicates which of 21 gears is selected. Time: Shows the amount of time remaining in your workout. If you press , this becomes elapsed time: how long you’ve been working out so far.

  • Page 24: Workout Setup

    Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Four Workout Setup In This Chapter: Setting Up Your Workout During Your Workout Chapter 9: Designing Your Own Workout...
  • Page 25 Setting Up Your Workout CHAPTER FOUR: WORKOUT SETUP Workout Setup is available both before and during your workout. In Workout Setup: • You can easily edit all the available options of each workout. • You see a Workout Preview graphic with a representation of how your workout progress will look.
  • Page 26 During Your Workout CHAPTER FOUR: WORKOUT SETUP During During your workout, press to go back to Workout Setup Your as often as you like to change settings or even set up an entirely Workout different workout. While in Workout Setup, pedal resistance is reduced.

  • Page 27: Bike Mode

    Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Five Manual Control In This Chapter: Personal Power Fine Control Chapter 9: Designing Your Own Workout Chapter 10: Fitness Test...
  • Page 28 Personal Power Fine Control CHAPTER FIVE: MANUAL CONTROL Manual Control can operate three different ways: Personal Power Fine Control, Bike Mode, and 10-watt mode. In all modes, change levels either by using the entering a workload level with the numeric keys and pressing This default manual control has 77 different levels (for a 150- pound rider), allowing you to fine-tune your workout.
  • Page 29 How Program and Segment Levels Affect Mets Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Pre-Set Programs Interval Program Profiles How Your Weight Affects Workload...
  • Page 30 Program Choices CHAPTER SIX: PRE-SET PROGRAMS Just like manual control, the hill and interval programs compensate for different body weights. The two hill programs are: • Rolling Hills, a series of gently changing workloads. • One Big Hill, with the workload gradually increasing to a maximum at the halfway point, then...
  • Page 31 Hill Program Profiles CHAPTER SIX: PRE-SET PROGRAMS Hill Program Profiles Rolling Hills One Big Hill CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 32 Interval Program Profiles CHAPTER SIX: PRE-SET PROGRAMS Easy Intervals Sport Intervals CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide Interval Program Profiles...
  • Page 33 How Program and Segment Levels Affect METs CHAPTERSIX: PRE-SET PROGRAMS METs Program and Segment Levels Affect METs Segment Level CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 34 How Program Level Affects Range of Workload CHAPTER SIX: PRE-SET PROGRAMS Program Level Four Program Level One Note that time of workout is the same (This graph is a figurative representation. Actual workouts differ in composition.) Since interval training is a common type of workout, the CS 8.0 console has an extra-easy way to create a custom interval program.

  • Page 35: Heart Rate Control

    Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Heart Rate Control In This Chapter: Introduction to HRC Constant and Interval HRC HRC Ultra Workout...
  • Page 36 Introduction to HRC CHAPTER SEVEN: HEART RATE CONTROL True’s heart rate control (HRC) workouts let the bike monitor your relative exercise intensity by way of your heart rate, then automatically adjust the workload to keep you at your target heart rate and thus your desired exercise intensity. Your heart rate is a good measure of your body’s exercise stress level.
  • Page 37 The CS 8.0 Bike has five types of heart rate control: Types of • Constant: pick a target heart rate, and the bike will control your workout from the very beginning so that you reach your target within five to seven minutes. •...
  • Page 38 Constant and Interval HRC CHAPTER SEVEN: HEART RATE CONTROL This is the best-known type of HRC, and is the easiest to use. The bike will gradually raise your heart rate so that you reach your target within five to seven minutes. It keeps you there until 2.5 minutes before the end of your workout time, then reduces workload by half for a cooldown.
  • Page 39 As mentioned in the Constant Why Use HRC section, as you tire in the HRC Ultra last third of your workout, your Workouts? heart rate has a tendency to rise, which Constant HRC addresses by reducing workload. However, exercisers who are really serious and in very good condition always let their heart rates rise during the last third...
  • Page 40 HRC Ultra Workout CHAPTER SEVEN: HEART RATE CONTROL Unlike Constant and Interval HRC, you don’t pick a target heart rate, but you must enter your age correctly. For the first fifth of your workout time, HRC Ultra tries to increase your heart rate to 70% of your maximum heart rate (HRmax) within three to four minutes.
  • Page 41 Interval HRC Ultra Workout Interval HRC Ultra works similarly to Interval HRC, but the Interval work target heart rates gradually increase through your workout. HRC Ultra The first work segment target is 88% HRmax, and the last work segment target is 97% HRmax. The rest segment target is 65%.
  • Page 42 Cruise Control CHAPTER SEVEN: HEART RATE CONTROL This is the simplest way to enter Constant HRC training. While in manual or any program you can enter Constant HRC by simply pressing the Heart Rate Control key. Your current heart rate will be set as the target.
  • Page 43 Important Points About HRC CHAPTER SEVEN: HEART RATE CONTROL The heart rate monitor transmitter strap should be worn Important according to the guidelines in Chapter 2. Points About If the transmitter strap is adjusted or moved while exercising, Heart Rate heart rate monitoring may be temporarily affected.
  • Page 44 Calorie Goal Workout Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Setting Up a Calorie Goal Workout Chapter 9: Designing Your Own Workout Chapter 10: Fitness Test Chapter 11: Medical and Ergometer Mode...
  • Page 45 Setting Up a Calorie Goal Workout CHAPTER EIGHT: CALORIE GOAL WORKOUT Calorie Goal lets you pick a total number of calories and workout time, then calculates a steady-state exercise at a work level (Cruising Watts) so that you reach your target total calories at the end of a 2.5-minute cooldown.
  • Page 46 Visual Explanation CHAPTER EIGHT: CALORIE GOAL WORKOUT Calorie Goal Workout Graph Time CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 47 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Designing Your Own Creating Your Own Workout Custom Programs in Depth Chapter 9: Designing Your Own Workout Chapter 10: Fitness Test...
  • Page 48 Creating Your Own Workout CHAPTER NINE: DESIGNING YOUR OWN WORKOUT There are two basic ways to create your own custom workout: have the CS 8.0 Bike record your level settings during a manual workout, or enter the workout levels directly with the keypad. The maximum number of segments in each custom program is 60.
  • Page 49 Creating Your Own Workout • Press Advanced Options until Custom Program 1, 2, or 3 is Custom Programs Step-By-Step • Use the • Enter your personal information. • Enter your desired workout time. (This step does not apply to • Use the •...
  • Page 50 Custom Programs In Depth CHAPTER NINE: DESIGNING YOUR OWN WORKOUT Scale: simply enter the work level for any number of segments between 1 and 60. The progress display shows you how it is scaling each segment to span the entire workout time. Fixed: for each segment, enter the segment length (between 5 and 90 seconds) and segment workload, up to 60 segments.
  • Page 51 Custom Intervals CHAPTER NINE: DESIGNING YOUR OWN WORKOUT Since interval training is a common type of workout, the CS 8.0 Custom console has an extra-easy way to enter a custom interval program. Intervals After selecting Custom Intervals with the intervals button pick the work segment and rest segment durations, then pick the work and rest segment exercise levels.

  • Page 52: Fitness Test

    Introduction and How to Test Yourself Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Fitness Test In This Chapter: Proper Preparation and Behavior...
  • Page 53 Introduction & How to Test Yourself CHAPTER TEN: FITNESS TEST The CS 8.0 Bike fitness test is an improved implementation of the YMCA protocol fitness test, as described in the ACSM Guidelines, Chapter 4. (See Bibliography.) The bike must monitor your heart rate accurately throughout, so you should use a wireless transmitter strap instead of the contact heart rate pads (see Chapter 2).
  • Page 54 Proper Preparation & Behavior You should: • Stay as relaxed as possible during the test, breathing smoothly and regularly. • Be dressed in comfortable workout clothes and riding in a room with comfortable air temperature and humidity. You should not: •...
  • Page 55 How the Test Works CHAPTER TEN: FITNESS TEST The test consists of four three-minute stages. Stage one is a How the warmup stage. Stages two, three, and four are at ever-increasing Test Works workloads, with your heart rate measured during the second and third minute of each stage.
  • Page 56 How to Use Your Results CHAPTER TEN: FITNESS TEST The best way to use the results of a fitness test is to track your How to progress in an exercise program. Test yourself about every two Use Your weeks, under closely similar conditions. Results You can also use the results of a fitness test to find how you compare with an average population.
  • Page 57 Test Specific Issues CHAPTER TEN: FITNESS TEST Note that the absolute accuracy of this test is approximately +/- 15% compared to a laboratory maximal test. (See Swain and Leutholtz, Metabolic Calculations, page 63). The results on the CS 8.0 Bike should be somewhat better since it uses an improved maximum heart rate formula (see Appendix A).

  • Page 58: Medical And

    Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Eleven Medical and Ergometer Mode In This Chapter: What These Modes Do How These Modes are Different...
  • Page 59 What These Modes Do CHAPTER ELEVEN: MEDICAL AND ERGOMETER MODE These modes require the use of the external power option, and are accessed by changing the default operation mode in Setup Mode (see Chapter 14). They differ from normal operation in several ways.
  • Page 60 The two modes differ in the way they control workload: How These Modes Are Ergometer Mode: This emulates Different a popular cycle ergometer whose workload settings are in kiloponds (see side bar) and are adjusted by changing the amount of weight (in kilograms) at the end of a brake belt wrapped around a flywheel.
  • Page 61 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Twelve Other Functions In This Chapter: Other Fun Stuff Chapter 9: Designing Your Own Workout Chapter 10: Fitness Test...
  • Page 62 Other Fun Stuff CHAPTER TWELVE: OTHER FUNCTIONS Happy Workout: This allows riders to perform a virtual (i.e., imaginary) world-class workout. The bike thinks the rider is generating six times as much power as he really is, and all the related workout data like speed and calories are accelerated as a result.
  • Page 63 Creating an Exercise Plan Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Thirteen The F.I.T.
  • Page 64 The F.I.T. Concept Defined CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM The workout portion of your exercise program consists of three major variables: Frequency, Intensity, and Time. Frequency: How Often You Exercise You should exercise three to five times a week to improve your cardiovascular and muscle fitness.
  • Page 65 More F.I.T. Concept Overview CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM As your fitness level improves, you will need to increase your workout intensity in order to reach your target heart rate. The first increase may be necessary after two to four weeks of regular exercise.
  • Page 66 Utilizing the F.I.T. Concept CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM The F.I.T. concept is designed to help you begin a program tailored to your needs. You may wish to keep an exercise log to monitor your progress. You can get valuable fitness benefits from your CS 8.0 Bike. Using the bike regularly may increase the ability of your heart and lungs to supply oxygen and nutrients to exercising muscles over an extended period of time.
  • Page 67 Beginning Your F.I.T. Program CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM In addition to monitoring your heart rate as you exercise, be certain of how quickly your heart rate recovers. If your heart rate is over 120 beats per minute five minutes after exercising, or is higher than normal the morning after exercising, your exertion may be too strenuous for your current level of fitness.
  • Page 68 Your F.I.T. Program Continued CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM Workout: Brisk and Rhythmic Exercise The workout trains and conditions your heart, lungs, and muscles to operate more efficiently. Increase exercise in response to your heart rate to train and strengthen your cardiovascular system. Concentrate on exercising smoothly.
  • Page 69 If you can sustain 12 but not 20 continuous minutes of exercise in Establishing your target heart rate zone: Aerobic Fitness Exercise three to five days a week. Rest at least two days per week. Try to reach and maintain 60-75 percent of your maximum heart rate with moderate rhythmic exercise.
  • Page 70 Weight Management CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM Consistent aerobic exercise will help you change your body composition by lowering your percentage of body fat. If weight loss is a goal, combine an increase in the length of your workouts with a moderate decrease in caloric intake.
  • Page 71 A Sports Training Program CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM When you are training to improve strength and performance: Sports Training • Exercise four to five days a week. Alternate exercise days and intervals of hard to very hard exercise with easy to moderate exercise.
  • Page 72 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Fourteen Setup Mode In This Chapter: Getting Into Setup Mode Customizable Options Odometers...
  • Page 73 Getting Into Setup Mode CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SETUP MODE Press and hold Begin pedaling the bike, or power up with external power. At the five-digit “Pass Code” prompt, enter 1 0 1 0 1 . If you make a mistake, start entering the code from the beginning. Press The first Setup Mode screen will be displayed.
  • Page 74 Language: Currently, only English is supported. Customizable Options Units: English (default) or metric. Maximum Workout Time: From 1 to 98 minutes, and unlimited. Thirty minutes is the default. Default Time: This is the workout time Workout Setup first suggests. From 1 to 98 minutes, never greater than maximum time.
  • Page 75 More Custom Options CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SETUP MODE Default manual: Personal Power-based, or Bicycle Simulation, or Constant Power with 10-watt increments. Sound: Tones are on (default) or off. Happy: Adds Happy Mode under Advanced Options key. CSAFE Enable: Turns on CSAFE network communications. CSAFE Auto: Bike will auto-announce itself to the network when it powers up.
  • Page 76 Odometers CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SETUP MODE Miles: Accumulated “miles, ” which is simulated road bike miles. Odometers Even though this is just a simulated number, it actually is a good measure of stress and wear on the bike mechanism and braking system.

  • Page 77: Care And Maintenance

    Care and Maintenance Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Riding Your Bike Chapter 3: The Display Chapter 4: Workout Setup Chapter 5: Manual Control Chapter 6: Pre-Set Programs Chapter 7: Heart Rate Control Chapter 8: Calorie Goal Workout Chapter Fifteen In This Chapter: How to Care for Your Bike Chapter 9: Designing Your Own Workout Chapter 10: Fitness Test...
  • Page 78 Expert service and maintenance at a reasonable cost are available through your factory-trained, authorized True Fitness dealer. The dealer maintains a stock of repair and replacement parts and has the technical knowledge to meet your service needs.
  • Page 79 Appendix A Appendix A Maximum Heart Rate and Target Heart RAte...
  • Page 80 Appendix A Target Heart Rate Chart CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 81 Appendix A Remember to check with your physician before beginning any Check exercise program. She can help determine an appropriate target with Your heart rate. Medications often affect heart rate. Physician A New Robert Robergs, editor of the prestigious Journal of Exercise Physiology, conducted a study in 2002 of the maximal heart rate HRmax equation 220 - age.
  • Page 82 Appendix B Appendix B Maximal Oxygen Uptake and METs...
  • Page 83 Appendix B Maximal oxygen uptake, or VO max, is considered the best single measurement of cardiovascular fitness. It represents the peak rate of your body’s oxygen consumption capability, which is important because this is one of the two biggest factors in endurance performance.
  • Page 84 Appendix B METs are defined as the ratio of the current body energy expenditure rate compared with basal metabolic rate (BMR): Explanation METs = (VO2 rate of current state) / 3.5 where 3.5 represents BMR. VO (oxygen uptake) and 3.5 are in units of ml/kg/minute of oxygen consumed by the body.
  • Page 85 Appendix C Appendix C Details on How the CS 8.0 Bike Controls Your Exercise Intensity...
  • Page 86 Appendix C As you ride the CS 8.0 Bike, your exercise intensity is best measured as the amount of power received by the bike from your pedaling. This power is usually expressed in watts. The watts measurement is calculated from your pedaling speed (called cadence) multiplied by the amount of resistance on the pedals (called torque).
  • Page 87 Appendix C Constant torque is used in a modified way in Bike Mode. In addition to constant resistance for a given “gear, ” additional torque is applied to simulate wind and road resistance, as well as to compensate for different body weights. Personal Power was initially designed to vary workload at a 1:1 ratio with body weight, just like a METs-based exercise Personal...
  • Page 88 Appendix D Appendix D American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand on Exercise and Fitness...
  • Page 89 Appendix D In 1998, the American College of Sports Medicine completed Introduction their most important position stand, titled, “The recommended quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in healthy adults. ” The ACSM is recognized as the premier authority in this area, so this document describes the current consensus among exercise physiologists and coaches.
  • Page 90 Appendix D Training should be three to five days per week at between 55% Specific Advice and 90% maximum heart rate. Deconditioned individuals should stay between 55% and 64%. Total duration of training should be Cardio between 20 and 60 minutes, with the time varying inversely with fitness and intensity.
  • Page 91 Appendix B Appendix B Specifications...

  • Page 92: Specifications

    Appendix B Workload Range: 30 – 600 watts. Specifications Weight: Recumbent, 180 pounds. Upright, 160 pounds. Maximum User Weight: 350 pounds. Workload Control System: self-generating electromagnetic braking. Specifications and operation subject to change without notice. ES 9.0 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 93 Bibliography Bibliography References and Selected Readings...
  • Page 94 Bibliography American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 6th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. Feynman, Richard P., The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Original edition. Boston: Addison Wesley, 1970. ISBN: 0-201-02115-3. Huszar, Robert J., Basic Dysrhythmias. Third Edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby, 2002.
  • Page 95 Robergs, Robert A. and Landwehr, Roberto. (2002) The Surprising History of the “HRmax = 220 - age” Equation. Journal of Exercise Physiology, 5(2). ISSN 1097-9751.2 Article URL: <http://www.asep.org/Documents/Robergs2.pdf> Journal URL: <http://www.asep.org/FLDR/JEPhome.htm> Swain, David P. and Leutholtz, Brian C., Metabolic Calculations - Simplified.
  • Page 96 True offers a full line of leading-edge Cardiovascular and Flexibility equipment. CS Series Bikes TS1 Elliptical TrueStretch Flexibility unit CS Series Treadmills...
  • Page 97 F o u n d e d 1 9 8 1 865 Hoff Road O’Fallon, MO 63366 800.426.6570 www.truefitness.com part # 0C526700 v1:SR 5-07...

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