Using Your Heart Rate Monitor; Touch Heart Rate; How To Use Your Chest Strap (Bowfl Ex ® 7 Series Only); How To Use The Touch Heart Rate Monitor - Bowflex 3 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. Turn the treadmill on.
2. 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.
3.
Be careful not to place too much pressure on the grip; this could make the pulse reading inaccurate.
4. After six or seven heartbeats, your pulse will be displayed in the heart-rate window.
How to Use Your Chest Strap (Bowfl ex
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.
2.
• 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 fi nd an explanation of the heart rate programs on the
following pages in this user's manual.
10
7 Series Only)
®
Attach the
transmitter to the
elastic strap.
Adjust the strap length
to fi t 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.
4.
Check that the wet
electrode areas are
fi rmly against your skin.
Using Your Heart Rate Monitor