Table 2. Fitness Rating Norms (Mets) - Stairmaster FreeClimber Systems Owner's Manual

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FREECLIMBER 4600/4400 Pl/CL CONSOLE
Note: Keep stepping until the end of the Fit Test.
The Fit Test will end ifyou stop stepping.
The console will prompt you to find your pu
your thumb in your wrist or the artery in the side of your
beats when the console prompts you-the first beat you
one and so on. Enter the number of beats you counted in the ten seconds.
You will continue to exercise for three minute bouts of increasing inten-
sity until you reach a point where you have entered two heart rate responses
tween and counts
19 25 (115-150
nine to minutes.
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At the end of the Fit Test, your results scroll across the text
a three minute cool down, your estimated aerobic capacity, expressed in METs, is
shown. Next, your results will be compared to normative values for others of your
age and gender. These normative values are based on values developed by the
world renowned exercise physiologist,
Table 2. Your results are stored in the console until the next person starts an
ercise program. Press [WORKOUT

Table 2. Fitness Rating Norms (METs)

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RatinQ low
Gender/Aae
Men
.20-29. .1) .1-12,3. '.
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10·Q-11 :1
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8. , 8 -,1Q.Q
<7 .1 7.4-8.8
60-69 6.3-7.4
<6.0
Women
8. , 3-,9}
. 30-3Q .8,0-,9.,4
· -;7}
'.
'.
7
. · .6,3-.7..7 .
60-69 <4.8 5.1-6.3
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lse; use the artery below
neck.
feel
beats per minute). The test typically lasts from
Dr. Per Olaf Astrand, and are shown in
STATS] to review your results.
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Fair AveraQe Above Average
2.6,-1.6.0 . '. 16,3:19.7
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1 . .4.-1,4 .p
. 14:8:1
' . "
9.1-12.3
7.7-11 .1 11.4-14.0
Q .0.-1.3}
14:0:
. ..4, ,: . 13.7:16.6
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.. 8 . . 8
,:. 13,1:16.0
8.0-) 1..7. .
'. 12,0:14.0
6.6-10.3 10.6-12.6
Start counting the
is zero and then
be-
bar. Prior to
ex-
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16.0+
14.3+
17:
12.8+