NordicTrack Viewpoint 8500 Treadmill English Manual - Page 18

HOW TO USE A PULSE PROGRAM CAUTION: If you have heart prob- lems, or if you are over 60 years of age and have been inactive, do not use the pulse programs. If you are taking medication regularly, consult your physician to find whether the medication will affect your exercise heart rate. Follow the steps below to use a pulse program. 1 Put on the optional chest pulse sensor. Note: You must wear the optional chest pulse sensor to use a pulse program. 2 Insert the key into the console. See HOW TO TURN ON THE POWER on page 15. 3 Identify yourself as user 1 or user 2. See step 2 on page 15. 4 Select one of the four pulse programs. To select a pulse program, press the Program button repeatedly. When a pulse program is selected, the name of the program (PULSE: 1, PULSE: 2, PULSE: 3, or PULSE: 4) will appear on the screen. If pulse program 1 is selected, a track will appear on the screen. If pulse program 2, 3, or 4 is selected, a profile of the heart rate settings of the program will appear on the screen. The arrow below the profile will indicate your progress during the workout. 5 Enter a target heart rate setting. If pulse program 1 is selected, the target heart rate setting for the entire program will appear on the screen beside the words TARGET BPM (beats per minute). If desired, press the increase and decrease buttons beside the User button to change the target heart rate setting (see EXERCISE INTENSITY on page 31). If pulse program 2, 3, or 4 is selected, the maximum target heart rate setting of the program will appear on the screen. If desired, press the increase and decrease buttons beside the User button to change the maximum target heart rate setting (see EXERCISE INTENSITY on page 31). Note: If you change the maximum target heart rate setting, the intensity level of the entire program will change. 6 Press the Start button to start the program. A moment after the button is pressed, the treadmill will automatically adjust to the first speed and incline settings of the program. Hold the handrails and begin walking. Pulse program 1 is divided into one-minute segments. The same target heart rate setting is programmed for all segments (except for the first two segments). Pulse programs 2, 3, and 4 are divided into 30 one-minute segments. One target heart rate setting is programmed for each segment. Note: The same target heart rate setting may be programmed for two or more consecutive segments. During each segment of the program, the console will compare your heart rate to the target heart rate setting for that segment. If your heart rate is too far below or above the target heart rate setting, the speed and/or incline will automatically increase or decrease to bring your heart rate closer to the target heart rate setting. Each time the speed and/or incline of the treadmill is about to change, the speed setting and/or incline setting will flash on the screen to alert you, regardless of which display mode is selected. If pulse program 2, 3, or 4 is selected, a series of tones will sound when the first segment of the program ends. The arrow below the program profile will then move one position to the right. The program will continue in this way until the arrow reaches the right end of the program profile. The walking belt will then slow to a stop. 18