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HEART RATE CONTROL
TRAIN LESS AND BENEFIT MORE FROM YOUR WORKOUTS
To maximize the benefits from your workouts, you must maintain a sufficiently high heart rate. Target heart rate training takes the guesswork
out of exercising. It provides you with the means to train within safe and effective ranges, all the while maximizing your exercise time and
effort.
The ProSelect
and the ProElite
have integrated heart rate control programs, which act as your personal trainer. You set your target based
on your individual fitness goal (weight management or cardiovascular improvement), the time and maximum speed and incline parameters
and the treadmill does the rest.
TIP:
Based on the age entered, your PaceMaster treadmill automatically calculates your theoretical maximum heart rate and the Heart Rate
Zone bar indicates which portion of your heart rate training zone (fat burn or aerobic) you are currently training. The fat burn zone is
between 55% to 70% of your theoretical maximum heart rate. The aerobic zone is between 70% to 85% of your theoretical maximum heart
rate.
The
ProSelect
and the ProElite
use the age-adjusted formula to calculate your theoretical maximum heart rate. The age-adjusted formula
uses your age subtracted by 220. (220 beats per minute seems to be the closest approximation of the average adult’s maximum heart rate.)
For example, if you are 35 years old, your theoretical maximum is 185 beats per minute (bpm). When your heart rate is between 102 and
128 bpm, you are training in the fat burn zone for weight management. When your heart rate is between 130 to 157 bpm, you are training in
the aerobic training zone for cardiovascular improvement. The safest and most recommended method of determining your maximum heart
rate is to have a physician administer a stress test.
THE WIRELESS CHEST STRAP TRANSMITTER
The ProSelect and ProElite treadmills come equipped with a WIRELESS CHEST STRAP TRANSMITTER,
which, when worn,
measures the electrical frequency of the heart (number of beats per minute) and relays the information by way of an electro-magnetic field to
a receiver built into the treadmill’s computer. This system is extremely accurate to within one beat per minute.
This chest strap must be worn to activate the HeartSmart
™
Pulse Monitoring. The Heart Rate Control workouts are non-operational unless
the chest strap is worn.
To properly wear your chest strap, adjust the strap to fit snugly and comfortably around your chest with the electrodes (the grooved areas)
directly over your sternum, as pictured below. For best results, the strap should be worn against skin. Moisture is necessary for the
transmitter to function properly. Usually, perspiration is sufficient, but you may need to moisten the electrodes with water.
