Operation Manual

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Training Instructions

This device has particularly been designed and developed

for leisure time sportsmen. It is excellently suited for cardio-

vascular training.

The training methodically has to be organised on the princi-

ples of stamina training. This will predominantly cause

changes and adaptations of the cardiovascular system. This

includes the reduction of the resting pulse frequency and of

the load pulse.

This gives the heart more time for filling the ventricles and for

the blood circulation of the cardiac musculature (through the

coronary vessels . Moreover, depth of breathing and the vol-

ume of air that can be breathed in (vital capacity) are

increased. Further positive changes take place in the meta-

bolic system. In order to achieve these positive changes, the

training has to be planned according to certain guidelines.

Planning and control of your training

The basis for your training planning is your current physical

fitness condition. Your family doctor can diagnose your per-

sonal fitness by means of an exercise tolerance test, which

will constitute the basis for your training planning. If you

have not undergone an exercise tolerance test, high training

exertion and/or overstraining must be avoided in all cases.

The following rule should be considered in your planning:

stamina training is controlled via the scope of exertion as

well as via the level / intensity of exertion.

Regarding exertion intensity

The intensity of exertion should preferably be checked in

your fitness training via your heart’s pulse rate. The maximum

heart rate per minute of > 220 minus age must not be

exceeded. The optimum training pulse is determined by age

and training target.

Training target: fat burning/weight reduction

The optimum pulse frequency is calculated using the

empirical formula (220 – age) x 0.65.

Advice: fat burning for energy supply only gains signifi-

cance after a minimum training period of 30 minutes.

Training target cardio-vascular fitness:

The optimum pulse frequency is calculated using the empiri-

cal formula (220 – age) x 0.75.

The intensity is predetermined in your training by means of

the braking levels, ranging from 1-16. As a beginner, you

should avoid too high braking level settings for your training,

as this will quickly lead to exceeding the recommended pulse

rate range. Start by using a low braking level setting and

then approach your optimum training pulse step by step. Do

not forget to regularly check during your fitness training

whether you still range within the intensity area according to

the above stated recommendations.

Sports physicians consider the following load factors to be

positive for fitness:

Pulsediagramm

Fitness and Fat Burner

220

200

180

160

140

120

100

Pulse

Age

20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80

Maximalpulse

(220 minus Age)

Fitnesspulse

(75% of Max.Pulse)

Fat combustion pulse

(65% of Max.Pulse)

Beginners should not start with training units of 30 to 60

minutes.

A beginner training could be organised as follows during

the first four weeks:

In order to have a personal training documentation, you

can enter the training values achieved in the performance

table.

Prior to and after every training unit gymnastic exercises

lasting approx. 5 minutes serve the warming up and/or

cooling down. There should be a day without training

between two training units, if you later on prefer to train

three times a week for 20 - 30 minutes each. Otherwise

nothing can be said against a daily training.

Frequency Duration

daily 10 min

2-3 times weekly 20-30 min

1-2 times weekly 30-60 min

Training frequency Extent of training session

3 times a week 2 minutes of training