
ChestStrapHeartRateMonitoring:
Althoughthistreadmillfunctionsfinewithoutusingtheheartratemonitoringfeature,this
kindofmonitoringgivesyouvaluablefeedbackonyoureffortlevel.Cheststrapmonitoring
alsoallowsyoutouseHeartRateControl,themostadvancedexercisecontrolsystem
available.
Whenyouwearacompatibletransmitterstrap,thetreadmillwilldisplayyourheartrateasa
digitalbeats‐per‐minute(bpm)readout.Thetransmitterstrapshouldbeworndirectlyagainst
yourskin,aboutoneinchbelowthepectoralmuscles/breastline(seepicture).Women
shouldbecarefultoplacethetransmitterbelowtheirbraline.Somemoistureisnecessary
betweenthestrapandyourskin.Sweatfromyourexerciseworksbest,butordinarytapwater
maybeusedpriortoyourworkoutifdesired
NOTE:ThecheststrapproducesaFMsignalthatthetreadmillreadsandregisters
yourheartrate.Theaccuracyofareadingmaybeaffectedwhenoutsideinterference
ispresent.
ContactHeartRate(CHR):
TheCHRsystemletsyoumonitoryourheartratewithoutwearingastrap.Gentlygraspthe
CHRpads.
Duringthistime,thesystemisanalyzingandlockinginyourheartrate
Withinabout15seconds,yourdigitalheartrateinbeatsperminute(bpm)shouldbe
displayed
NOTE:CHRmonitoringmaybelessaccuratethancheststrap,sincetheheart rate
signalsaremuchstrongeratthechest.
NOTE:TheCHRSystemshouldonlybeusedatspeedsof4mphorlower.Abovethis
speedCHRaccuracyisunreliableduetolargemusclemovements.Exercisewithsmooth
bodymotions.Breathesmoothlyandregularly,andavoidtalking.(Talkingwillcause
unrepresentativeheartratespikeof5‐10bpm.Gripthepadslightly,nottightly.Make
sureyourhandsareclean,freeofdirtandhandlotions.WhenusingtheHRCworkout,it
isbesttousecheststrapmonitoring.Heartratebasedworkoutsworkbestwiththeextra
accuracygainedfromthecheststrapheartratemonitoringsystem.
HRC–Workouts
Instructions:
Putonacompatibletransmittercheststrap.
PressENTERuntilyoureachdesiredprogram.
Enteryourtargetheartrateusingnumerickeysor+and–keysandpressENTER
Adjusttimeusingnumerickeysor+and–keysandpressENTER
EntermaximumspeedandpressENTER
EntermaximumgradeandpressENTER
PressSTARTtobeginprogram
Warmup:
AtthebeginningofanHRCworkout,thetreadmillisinfullManualControlmode.Graduallyincreaseyour
workleveltoslowlyraiseyourheartratetowithin10beatsperminute(bpm)ofyourtargetheartrate.
Thetreadmillwilloperateasifinmanualmodeduringthewarmupstage.Youcontrolbothspeedand