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Basic Workouts Console
FPO
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GETTING STARTED Getting Started: Table of Contents GETTING STARTED 3 Your Purchase 4 Radio/Television Interference 5 Safety Instructions 6 Contact Heart Rate QUICK REFERENCE 7 Basic Workouts Console HOW TO 9 How to Use the Basic Workouts Display 10 How to Use the Basic Workouts Console 18 How to Use the Workouts 23 How to Use the Settings Menu SERVICE AND TECHNICAL DATA 25 Preventative Maintenance Tips 26 Troubleshooting 27 How to Obtain Product Service 28 For Product Service Internationally 29
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GETTING STARTED 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. We hope you achieve the product experience that you expect, but if you do have service issues please go to the How to Obtain Product Service page in the How To section which will provide inform
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GETTING STARTED Getting Started: Radio/Television Interference Before using this product, it is essential to read this ENTIRE user manual and ALL installation instructions. This will help in setting up the equipment quickly and in instructing others on how to use it correctly and safely. FCC WARNING: interference will not occur in • Consult the dealer or an POSSIBLE RADIO/TELEVISION a particular installation. If this experienced radio/TV technician INTERFERENCE equipment does cause harmful for
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GETTING STARTED Getting Started: Safety Instructions IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY WARNING: object should drop inside, • Wear shoes with rubber or high- THE SAFETY OF THE PRODUCT carefully retrieve it. If the item is traction soles. Do not use shoes CAN BE MAINTAINED ONLY IF beyond reach, contact Customer with heels, leather soles, cleats or IT IS EXAMINED REGULARLY Support Services. spikes. Do not use the product in FOR DAMAGE AND WEAR. SEE bare feet. •
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GETTING STARTED 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. If this does not work you may need to slow the machine to get an accurate reading. On treadmills we recommend for safety and accurate heart rate readings
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QUICK REFERENCE Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console Read the entire user manual before setting up your equipment. 1 Level Display – Shows the 5 Workout Profile Display – difficulty level or The height of the segments incline percentage indicate the difficulty level (for treadmills). during the current time interval. 2 Time Display – During a 6 Distance Display – Distance is a b c workout the time display shown in miles. Distance can d e will show ti
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QUICK REFERENCE Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console Quick Reference: Basic Workouts Console continued 9 Calorie Display – Shows the 12 Enter/Start Button – When calculated average caloric on the Select Workout burn based on a Life screen press to begin a Fitness proprietary calorie quick start workout. Also equation. used to enter workout data during a workout. 10 Pause/Resume Button – When pressed once during a 13 Reset Button – When workout the workout is entering workout data it will paus
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HOW TO How To Use: 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. Each piece of workout feedback, including level, time and speed has its own dedicated window. 9
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HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console 1 Level/Incline Display first type of level is an incline level or percentage. Incline level is only manually adjusted by the user in a. Level Display (Bikes/Cross-Trainers) – a manual workout. The range of possible incline There are two types of levels used on percentages is 0-12% and can be adjusted in 0.5% Life Fitness bikes and cross-trainers. The increments. The second difficulty level corresponds first type of
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HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console continued Difficulty Level Brake Level (CT/Bikes) Incline Level (Treads) 20 12 - 20 8.0 - 12.0 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 19 11 - 19 7.5 - 11.5 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 18 10 - 18 7.0 - 11.0 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 17 9 - 17 6.5 - 10.5 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 16 8 - 17 6.0 - 10.0 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 15 8 - 16 5.5 - 9.5 Note: Adjusts in 0.5% increments 14 7 - 16 5.0 - 9.0
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HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console continued 2 Time Display 3 Speed Display Time displays the amount of Speed is displayed in miles per hour time entered in minutes (MPH). The formula tries to replicate during workout setup. Time miles per hour as if the exercise was can be adjusted in 1:00 minute increments. During being conducted outdoors. The speed range on workout setup time can be adjusted from 00:00 to bikes and cross-trainers is 0.5 mph and u
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HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console 5 Target Heart Rate Display 6 Heart Rate Display Target heart rate is a desired range Heart rate is the number of % during cardiovascular exercise contractions of the heart in one % which enables one’s heart and minute. The heart rate display lungs to receive the most benefit from a workout. calculates the user’s actual heart rate in The console calculates target heart rate by taking the contractions or beats per min
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HOW TO HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console continued 7 Calorie/Watts Display columns does not change during a workout when the resistance is changed. The current intensity level A calorie is a unit used to in the profile is identified by an arrow pointing down measure energy. % to the column. It represents the amount of energy obtained from food. One calorie is 9 Workout Profile Indicator Arrow approximately enough energy to increase the The arrow lo
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HOW TO 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 and down software navigation as well as workout to clear incorrect data, such as level, time, and speed workout weight or age, before pressing the ENTER adjustments. While setting up a workout key. Pressing RESET three times consecutively use the Left/Right arrows to scroll through workout during a workou
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HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Basic Workouts Console Workout Overviews 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. The workout descriptions on the following pages are labeled Beginner-Just Starting or Experienced-Fit. Beginner work
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HOW TO 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” screen appears. When a workout is selected the display will appear on the screen.
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HOW TO 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. Description: Manual workout is a simple workout that has no pre-defined intensity levels. The manual workout starts the user at level 1 resistance level for bikes and cross trainers and 0.5 MPH and 0% incline for treadmills
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HOW TO 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. Over 1 million different patterns are possible. Random uses resistance (bikes and cross-trainers) or incline (treadmills) adjustments to create hills/valleys. Speed is c
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HOW TO HOW TO How To Use: Basic Workouts Console How to Use the Workouts continued 3 Hill Workout (Experienced – Fit) 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.
