Epic Fitness E 950 Elliptical User Manual page 14

HOW TO USE A HEART RATE PROGRAM
Each heart rate program helps you to keep your heart
rate near a target heart rate during your workout.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
Turn on the console.
1
See step 1 on page 11.
Select a heart rate program.
2
To select one of the
two heart rate pro-
grams, press the
Programs button
repeatedly. As each
heart rate program is
selected, the Heart
Rate indicator will light, a profile of the target
heart rate settings of the program will scroll
across the matrix, and the program time will
appear in the Time display.
Enter a maximum target heart rate setting.
3
When a heart rate
program is selected,
the current maximum
target heart rate set-
ting will be shown in
the Heart Rate dis-
play. If desired, press
the increase and decrease buttons to change the
maximum target heart rate setting (see
EXERCISE INTENSITY on page 18). If you
change the maximum target heart rate setting,
the profile will change to show the new target
heart rate settings.
Hold the handgrip pulse sensor.
4
To use a heart rate program, you must use the
handgrip pulse sensor (see step 6 on page 12). It
is not necessary to hold the handgrips continu-
ously during the program. However, you should
hold the handgrips frequently for the program to
operate properly. Each time you hold the hand-
grips, keep your hands on the metal contacts
for at least 30 seconds. Note: When you are
not holding the handgrips, the letters PLS will
flash in the Heart Rate display instead of your
heart rate.
Press the Start button to start the program.
5
Each heart rate program is divided into 30 one-
minute segments. One target heart rate setting is
programmed for each segment. Note: The same
target heart rate setting may be programmed for
two or more consecutive segments.
The target heart
rate setting for the
first segment will
be shown in the
flashing Current
Segment column of
the matrix. The tar-
get heart rate set-
tings for the next
twelve segments
will be shown in the
columns to the
right.
When only three seconds remain in the first seg-
ment of the program, both the Current Segment
column and the column to the right will flash, a
series of tones will sound, and all target heart
rate settings will move one column to the left. The
target heart rate setting for the second segment
will then be shown in the flashing Current
Segment column.
As you pedal, the console will regularly compare
your heart rate to the target heart rate setting. If
your heart rate is too far below or above the tar-
get heart rate setting, the resistance of the ped-
als will automatically increase or decrease to
bring your heart rate closer to the target heart
rate setting.
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Current Segment