Basic Workouts Console H O W T O How to Use the Basic Workouts Display How to Use the Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Workouts How to Use the Settings Menu S E R V I C E A N D T E C H N I C A L D A T A...
Getting Started: Your Purchase Thank you for purchasing a Life Fitness product. Before using this product please read this user manual along with the base assembly manual in it’s entirety to ensure that you have the knowledge to safely and properly operate all of this product’s features.
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Getting Started: Safety Instructions IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY WARNING: • Never insert objects into any • Wear shoes with rubber or high- openings on the product. If an object traction soles. Do not use shoes with THE SAFETY OF THE PRODUCT should drop inside, carefully retrieve heels, leather soles, cleats or spikes.
Getting Started: Contact Heart Rate Contact Heart Rate When using Contact Heart Rate make certain to grasp sensors firmly and keep hands still. If heart rate seems substantially higher or lower than expected, remove hands from sensors until heart rate disappears. Dry hands and grasp sensors again until heart rate seems accurate.
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Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console Read the entire user manual before setting up your equipment. Level Display – Shows the difficulty level during the difficulty level or incline current time interval. percentage (for treadmills). Distance Display –...
Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console continued 12 Enter/Start Button – When Calorie Display – Shows the calculated average on the Select Workout caloric burn based on a screen press to begin a Life Fitness proprietary quick start workout.
Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Display The Basic Workouts console was designed to make navigation as simple as possible by using special symbols and keys. The console display was designed to reduce toggling between workout information.
To b. Level / Incline Display (Treadmills) – There are two adjust the level simply press the up and down keys. types of levels used on Life Fitness treadmills. The first...
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console continued Difficulty Level Brake Level (CT/Bikes) Incline Level (Treads) 12 - 20 8.0 - 12.0 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 11 - 19 7.5 - 11.5...
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The distance formula will not always 00:00. There is an option to set the time to count up or be consistent with other Life Fitness products or other down from 00:00 and end at the time set during manufacturer’s products.
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(220 minus the user’s age) and multiplying it by an holding on to the contact heart rate electrodes for the intensity level. Life Fitness intensity levels are 65% for heart rate display to function (not available on the weight loss and fat burning and 80% for improving X1).
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1 degree Celsius. The console calculates an columns (24). For example during a 24 minute workout the average caloric burn based on a Life Fitness proprietary arrow would move one column every minute. calorie equation. This formula may not match other 10 Pause/Resume Button manufacturer’s machines or other Life Fitness machines.
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console 11 Navigation Button 13 Reset Button Provides simple forward, backwards, up, Press this button when programming a workout and down software navigation as well to clear incorrect data, such as weight or age, as level, time, and speed workout before pressing the ENTER key.
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The Basic Workouts console has five specially designed pre-programmed workouts that have been developed by Life Fitness. Each workout has a different goal. Read the workout descriptions carefully so that you can develop a workout routine that focuses on reaching your specific goals.
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console Workout Overviews continued When this screen appears on the console, use either the Up/Down or Left/Right arrows to scroll through all the workout choices and select a workout by pressing Enter/Start. Also to just begin a Quick Start workout, press Enter/Start when the above “Select Workout”...
How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Workouts 1 Manual Workout (Beginner – Just Starting) Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the Manual workout profile and pressing Enter.
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Workouts continued 2 Random Workout (Experienced – Fit) Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the Random workout profile and pressing Enter. Description: In this workout the console creates a terrain of different hills and valleys.
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Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the Hill workout profile and pressing Enter. Description: The Life Fitness patented hill workout is an interval training workout. Intervals are periods of intense aerobic exercise. The workout profile window displays the levels of the intervals, which together have the appearance of hills and valleys.
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Workouts continued 4 EZ Incline ™ Workout (Beginner – Just Starting) Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the EZ Incline workout profile and pressing Enter.
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Workouts continued 5 Sports Training Workout (Experienced – Fit) Access: This workout can be started by using the navigation keys to scroll to the Sports Training workout profile and pressing Enter.
How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Settings Menu Settings The Settings menu can be accessed by pressing and holding the Enter key for 5 seconds at the “Select Workout” screen. Upon entering the Settings menu, the screen will display “SET MENU”...
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How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Settings Menu continued • Statistics – press Enter to select • Beeps “Total Hours” (total number of hours the Displays “Beep” product was used in a workout) Selection options are: On and Off •...
Basic Workouts Preventive Maintenance Tips The Life Fitness products are backed by engineering excellence and are one of the most rugged and trouble-free pieces of exercise equipment on the market today. Life Fitness products have proven to be durable in health clubs, colleges, military facilities and other locations all over the world.
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Service and Technical Data: Basic Workouts Troubleshooting Basic Workout Console The console display looks strange or has an error message and is not functioning. A. Unplug the unit to reset the console and then plug it back in. Do this multiple times if console error message still appears.
Service and Technical Data: Basic Workouts How to Obtain Product Service 1 Verify the symptom and review the operating instruction. The problem may be unfamiliarity with the product and its features and workouts. 2 Locate and document the serial number of the base unit and console. The serial number plate is located on the front stabilizer, below the shroud, and the serial number for the console is located on the back surface.
Who Pays Shipping & Insurance for Service: If the Product or any warranted part must be returned to a service facility for repairs, Life Fitness will pay all shipping and insurance charges during the warranty period (within the United States only). The purchaser is responsible for shipping and insurance charges after the warranty has expired.
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Customer Service of any defect within 10 days after discovery of the defect; if instructed, return any defective part for replacement or, if necessary, the entire Product for repair. Life Fitness reserves the right to decide whether or not a Product is to be returned for repair.
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Warranties may vary outside the U.S. Contact Life Fitness for details.
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