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True Fitness PS900 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 PS900 Recumbent & Upright Bike Owner’s Guide 800.426.6570 / www.truefitness.com...
  • Page 2 -Frank Trulaske of fitness experience, you can count on True Fitness both now and in the future to meet your goals for a happy, healthy lifestyle. Today True also produces award-winning exercise bikes, ellipticals, and TrueStretch, our patented flexibility unit.
  • Page 3 Do not exceed maximum user weight of 350 lbs. Keep children and animals away. All exercise equipment is potentially hazardous. If attention is not paid to the conditions of equipment usage, death or serious injury could occur. PS900 Owner’s Guide...

  • Page 4: Quick Start Guide

    The best way to learn to use the PS900 Bike is to keep pressing Just Get On keys to see what happens — explore it at your own pace. and Ride! • Begin pedaling. Starting Up • The display will wake up and prompt for your weight, •...
  • Page 5 4 - Heart Rate Control page 23 Appendix A Maximum Heart Rate and Target Heart Rate page 41 PS900 Owner’s Guide 2 - The Display Pre-Set Programs page 15 5 - Designing an Exercise Program page 29 Appendix B...
  • Page 6 Chapter One Riding Your Bike In This Chapter: Getting Comfortable Using Your Heart Rate to Exercise Using the Chest Strap Using Contact Heart Rate Getting the Best Results Possible Chapter 1: Riding Your Bike Chapter 2: The Display Chapter 3: Manual and Pre-Set Programs Chapter 4: Heart Rate Control Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance...
  • Page 7 Grasp the horn of the seat and pull it up under you to a snug fit, letting the ratcheting mechanism lock the knob and pin in place. PS900 Owner’s Guide Variations in human exercise efficiency are another potential source of error,...
  • Page 8 CHAPTER ONE: RIDING YOUR BIKE Other riders are more comfortable if the arch of their foot is against the pedal. Riders are encouraged to be as efficient as possible, but use your own judgement in the comfort/efficiency tradeoff. PS900 Owner’s Guide...

  • Page 9: Monitoring Your Heart Rate

    Monitoring Your Heart Rate CHAPTER ONE: RIDING YOUR BIKE CHAPTER ONE: RIDING YOUR BIKE The PS900 Bike has two ways of monitoring your heart rate: ...By using a chest strap that transmits your heart rate to the bike via radio...
  • Page 10 55, and might exercise for 20 minutes at a heart rate of 160. A world-class distance runner or professional cyclist might have a resting heart rate near 45. PS900 Owner’s Guide Examples of Heart Rates Found in Daily Life...

  • Page 11: Contact Heart Rate

    About 5% of the population cannot be picked up by any CHR system. This is because their heart is po- sitioned in a more up-and-down manner in their chest, as opposed to leaning over to one side. PS900 Owner’s Guide Contact Heart Rate (CHR)
  • Page 12 When using a Heart Rate Control (HRC) workout, it is best to use chest strap monitoring. These workouts work best with the extra accuracy gained from a chest-contact heart rate monitoring system. For Best Results CHAPTER ONE: RIDING YOUR BIKE PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 13 Chapter Two The Display In This Chapter: Your Display The Upper Panel The Lower Panel Chapter 1: Riding Your Bike Chapter 2: The Display Chapter 3: Manual and Pre-Set Programs Chapter 4: Heart Rate Control Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance...
  • Page 14 The controls are simple and designed to be foolproof; it’s hard to press a “wrong” key. You can monitor eight different kinds of physiological data, and your workout progress is tracked graphically with the center matrix display PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 15 The Upper Panel CHAPTER TWO: THE DISPLAY PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 16 The Lower Panel CHAPTER TWO: THE DISPLAY PS900 Owner’s Guide...

  • Page 17: Program Profiles

    Chapter Three Manual and Pre-Set Programs In This Chapter: How These Modes Work Program Profiles How Your Bike Controls Your Workout Chapter 1: Riding Your Bike Chapter 2: The Display Chapter 3: Manual and Pre-Set Programs Chapter 4: Heart Rate Control Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance...
  • Page 18 The Random program creates a different program profile each time you press the Sixteen different levels are available to change the difficulty of a program. The workload intensities expand and contract depending on the level. PS900 Owner’s Guide key. Manual Mode Pre-Set...

  • Page 19: Weight Loss

    Program Profiles CHAPTER THREE: MANUAL AND PRE-SET PROGRAMS Program Profiles C-V Workout Weight Loss Hill Interval PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 20 How Your Bike Controls Your Workout CHAPTER THREE: MANUAL AND PRE-SET PROGRAMS The PS900 Bike closely controls how hard you’re working, so that you get just the workout you’re looking for. It does this by keeping track of both how fast you’re pedaling and how hard you’re pressing on the pedals.
  • Page 21 Chapter Four Heart Rate Control In This Chapter: Constant HRC HRC Options and Information Target Heart Rate Chart Heart Rate Control Programs Important Points About HRC Chapter 1: Riding Your Bike Chapter 2: The Display Chapter 3: Manual and Pre-Set Programs Chapter 4: Heart Rate Control Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance...
  • Page 22 You need to wear a heart rate monitoring chest strap to use heart rate control. See the “Monitoring Your Heart Rate” section in Chapter 1 for a guide to proper usage. PS900 Owner’s Guide Constant...

  • Page 23: Heart Rate

    The PS900 Bike has two types of heart rate control: Types of • • Remember to check with your physician before beginning any Maximum exercise program. She can help determine an appropriate target Heart Rate heart rate. Medications often affect heart rate.

  • Page 24: Heart Rate Control Programs

    Remember, you must be wearing a chest strap, and your heart rate should be displayed in the Heart Rate window. To change your target heart rate press Heart Rate Control. Edit the target using or numeric keys and press PS900 Owner’s Guide Constant Cruise Control...
  • Page 25 Maintain a smooth walking or running motion. Two users wearing the same kind of transmitter at the same time and in close proximity may cause false heart rate display readings. Important Points About HRC CHAPTER FOUR: HEART RATE CONTROL PS900 Owner’s Guide...

  • Page 26: Weight Management

    Chapter 1: Riding Your Bike Chapter 2: The Display Chapter 3: Manual and Pre-Set Programs Chapter 4: Heart Rate Control Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance Designing an Exercise The F.I.T. Concept Defined Utilizing the F.I.T. Concept Beginning Your F.I.T.
  • Page 27 As you use your bike regularly, higher workloads may be more comfortable and more effective. If you feel out of breath before you have exercised 12 minutes, you are probably exercising too hard. PS900 Owner’s Guide What is the F.I.T. Concept?
  • Page 28 The initial goal for aerobic training is 12 continuous minutes. Increase your workout time approximately one or two minutes per week until you are able to maintain 20-30 continuous minutes at your training heart rate. PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 29 The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) suggests 55% to 65% for lower-conditioned users, 75% to 80% for moderately conditioned users, and up to 90% for well-conditioned users. PS900 Owner’s Guide 220 - Age Using the F.I.T. Concept...
  • Page 30 A good suggestion is a minimum of three minutes. Perspiration on your brow is a good indicator of a thorough warm-up. The older you are, the longer your warm-up period should be. PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 31 Try to reach and maintain 60-65 percent of your maximum heart rate. Alternate exercise with periods of rest until you can sustain 12 continuous minutes of exercise at 60-65 percent of your maximum heart rate. Begin exercising in three to five minute sessions. PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 32 Exercise four to six days a week or on alternate days. Try to reach and maintain 70-85 percent of your maximum heart rate with moderate to somewhat hard exercise. Exercise for 20-30 minutes. Establishing and Maintaining Fitness CHAPTER FIVE: DESIGNING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 33 Consume most of your dietary calories at breakfast and lunch, and eat a light dinner. Do not eat close to bedtime. Exercise before meals. Moderate exercise will help suppress your appetite. Take exercise breaks throughout the day to help increase metabolism (calorie expenditure). PS900 Owner’s Guide Managing Weight...
  • Page 34 If you have pain or tightness in your chest, an irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath or if you feel faint or have any discomfort when you exercise, Stop! Consult your physician before continuing. Remember, every workout should begin with a warm-up and finish with a cool-down. PS900 Owner’s Guide...

  • Page 35: Care And Maintenance

    Chapter Six Care and Maintenance In This Chapter: How to Care for Your Bike Chapter 1: Riding Your Bike Chapter 2: The Display Chapter 3: Manual and Pre-Set Programs Chapter 4: Heart Rate Control Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance...
  • Page 36 After every workout: Perspiration should be wiped from the control console, contact heart rate pads, shrouds, and seat. Weekly: Wipe down your PS900 Bike once a week with a water- dampened soft cloth. On the contact heart rate pads, use a glass cleaning solution.
  • Page 37 Appendix A Appendix A Maximum Heart Rate and Target Heart RAte...
  • Page 38 Appendix A Target Heart Rate Chart PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 39 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 PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 40 Appendix B Appendix B Specifications...

  • Page 41: Specifications

    Appendix B Workload Range: 30 – 450watts. Specifications Weight: Recumbent, 180 pounds. Upright, 160 pounds. Maximum User Weight: 350 pounds. Workload Control System: self-generating hybrid brake. Specifications and operation subject to change without notice. PS900 Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 42 F o u n d e d 1 9 8 1 865 Hoff Road O’Fallon, MO 63366 800.426.6570 truefitness.com ©2007 TRUE FITNESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. TRUE is a registered trademark of TRUE FITNESS. Specifications subject to change. Rev1 SR06-07...

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