NordicTrack CX 920 831.28353 - Manual (Page 14)

HOW TO USE A HEART RATE PROGRAM
Hold the handgrip pulse sensor.
Each heart rate program helps you to keep your heart
rate near a certain
percentage of your maximum heart
rate during your workout. (Your maximum heart rate is
estimated by subtracting your age from 220. For
example, if you are 25 years old, your maximum heart
rate is 195.) Heart rate program 5 is designed to keep
your heart rate between 50% and 85% of your maxi­
mum heart rate while you exercise; heart rate program
6 is designed to keep your heart rate between 50%
and 80% of your maximum heart rate.
Follow the steps below to use a heart rate program.
WU Turn on the console.
Refer to step 1 on page 12,
Select one of the two heart rate programs.
Each time the
console is
turned on, the
manual mode
will be selected.
To select a heart
rate program,
press the Select
Program button repeatedly until the number 5 or 6
appears in the upper right corner of the display.
The profiles numbered 5 and 6 on the right side
of the console show the resistance settings of the
heart rate programs. For example, profile number
5 shows that when heart rate program 5 is select­
ed, the resistance level will gradually increase
during the program and then decrease near the
end.
Enter your age.
When a heart rate program is selected, the word
AGE and the current age setting will flash in the
display. You must enter your age to use a heart
rate program. If you have already entered your
age, press the + or - button to confirm the age
setting, and then go to step 4, If you have not
entered your age, press the + or - button repeat­
edly to enter your age. A few seconds after you
enter your age, the age setting will disappear
from the display. Your age will be saved in memo­
ry until the batteries are replaced.
When using a heart rate program, you must use
the handgrip pulse sensor (refer to step 5 on
page 12) or the optional chest pulse sensor. If
you use the handgrip pulse sensor, it is not nec­
essary to hold the handgrips continuously during
the program. However, you should hold the hand­
grips frequently for the program to operate prop­
erly. Each time you hold the handgrips, keep
your hands on the metal contacts for at least
30 seconds. Note; When you are not holding the
handgrips, the letters PLS will appear in the dis­
play instead of your heart rate.
Start the program.
To start the program, simply begin exercising.
Each heart rate program consists of 20 one-
minute periods. One resistance setting and one
heart rate setting are programmed for each peri­
od. (The same resistance setting and/or heart
rate setting may be programmed for consecutive
periods.)
During the program, the resistance of the elliptical
crosstrainer will automatically change as shown
by the applicable profile on the console. If the cur­
rent resistance level is too high or too low, you
can adjust the resistance level by pressing the
Resistance buttons. However, when the current
period of the program is completed, the resistance
level will automatically change if a different resis­
tance setting is programmed for the next period.
As you exercise,
the pace indica­
tors will help you
to keep your
heart rate near
the target heart
rate for the cur­
rent period. The
right indicator will show a target pace. The left
indicator will show your actual exercise pace.
When you hold the handgrip pulse sensor or wear
the optional chest pulse sensor, the console will
compare your heart rate to the target heart rate
for the current period; if your heart rate is too far
below or above the target heart rate, the right
indicator will then change to prompt you to
increase or decrease your pace. When the right
indicator changes, increase or decrease your
pace so that the same number of bars appear in
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