Precor C846 - Manual (Page 32)

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C O M M E R C I A L P R O D U C T S D I V I S I O N
COOLING DOWN AFTER A WORKOUT
Cooling down is an important aspect of your workout because it helps reduce
muscle stiffness and soreness by transporting excess lactic acid out of the work-
ing muscles. Cooling down for at least three minutes helps provide a smooth
transition that allows your heart rate to return to its normal (non-exercising) state.
The C846 automatically initiates a five minute, cool-down period once you com-
plete a course that has a specified time duration. A prompt appears, indicating
that you are in cool down.
During your cool down, the workout statistics continue to appear. The TIME display
shows the accumulated time which includes warm-up and cool-down periods. When
you complete the five minute cool down, a WORKOUT SUMMARY appears. See
the information below.
Important: To activate a cool-down period, a course must “end.” The course ends
when the workout time (entered during the Setup prompts) expires. If no workout
time entry occurred or the time entered was zero, then (from a software perspec-
tive) no time limit exists, so a cool-down period is not appended to the course.
(Note that club time limits do apply whether or not a workout time was entered.)
PAUSE, COOL DOWN AND EXIT FEATURES
Pausing, cooling down, and exiting are integral parts of your workout. The C846
goes through several prerequisites before actually exiting a course. The following
tables explain the various situations. Since the C846 is self-powered, pedal move-
ment must be continuous to avoid shutdown mode. For more information, refer to
page 23.
Note: If the optional battery recharger is supplying power to the C846, the factory
setting for Pause mode is two minutes (120 seconds). The club has the option to
change the setting. A duration can be set between 1 and 120 seconds and limits
how long a user can pause his or her workout. Refer to
Setting a Pause Time Limit
on page 17.