True Manufacturing Company ES9.0 - Manual (Page 51)

ES9.0 Recumbent Bike Owner’s Guide
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How to Test Yourself
chapter Ten: Fitness Test
Introduction
How to
Do It
The ES9.0 bike fitness test is an improved implementation of
the YMCA protocol fitness test, as described in the ACSM
Guidelines, Chapter 4. (See Bibliography.) The bike must
monitor your heart rate accurately throughout, so you should
use a wireless transmitter strap instead of the contact heart
rate pads (see Chapter 2). It works best with the external power
option.
The result of the test is an estimate of your maximal oxygen
uptake, or VO
2
max (see Appendix B).
• Press Advanced Options until Fitness Test
appears, then press .
• Fill out all the personal parameters. You must enter your age
correctly.
• Press .
Make sure the bike is displaying your heart rate, then pedal in
a smooth and relaxed manner for the 12 minutes of gradually
increasing workload. Your VO
2
max estimate will be displayed
when you finish.