How to read your display – True Fitness CS8 User Manual

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CS 8.0 Owner’s Guide

How to Read Your Display

CHAPTER THREE: THE DISPLAY

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How to

Read Your

Display

Level: In all other workout modes, indicates which workout level

is selected. In Bike Mode, indicates which of 21 gears is selected.

Time: Shows the amount of time remaining in your workout. If

you press

, this becomes elapsed time: how long you’ve been

working out so far.

Miles: Shows an estimate of how far you would have traveled on

an outdoor road bike.

Calories: Displays an estimate of your calories burned. This

doesn’t include your basal metabolic rate, which is about 72

calories per hour for a 150-pound person.

RPM: Shows your pedal cadence.

Watts: The amount of mechanical power the bike is receiving

from your exercise. This is not the same as the amount of power

your body is using, since the average person is only about 20%

efficient at generating mechanical power.

Heart Rate: In beats per minute (bpm).

METs: Your METs rate. See Appendix B.

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