Operation Manual

RemoteHeartRateMonitor

MonitoringyourHeartRateisoneofthebestprocedurestocontrol

theintensityofyourexercise.

ContactHeartRate(CHR)sensorsareinstalledtosendyourheart

ratesignalstotheConsole.TheConsolecanalsoreadtelemetry

HRsignalsfromaHeartRateChestStrapTransmitter.TheConsole

showsyourHeartRateinBeatsPerMinute(BPM).

Ifyouhaveapacemakerorotherimplantedelectronic

device,consultyourdoctorbeforeusingawirelesschest

straporothertelemetricheartratemonitor.

ContactHeartRateSensors

ContactHeartRate(CHR)sensorssendyourheartratesignalstotheConsole.TheCHRsensorsarethestainlesssteelpartsofthe

Handlebars.Touse,putyourhandscomfortablyaroundthesensors.Besurethatyourhandstouchboththetopandthebottomof

thesensors.Holdfirm,butnottootightorloose.BothhandsmustmakecontactwiththesensorsfortheConsoletodetectapulse.

AftertheConsoledetectsfourstablepulsesignals,yourinitialpulseratewillbeshown.

OncetheConsolehasyourinitialheartrate,donotmoveorshiftyourhandsfor10to15seconds.TheConsolewillnowvalidatethe

heartrate.Manyfactorsinfluencetheabilityofthesensorstodetectyourheartratesignal:

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Movementoftheupperbodymuscles(includingarms)producesanelectricalsignal(muscleartifact)thatcaninterferewith

pulsedetection.Slighthandmovementwhileincontactwiththesensorscanalsoproduceinterference.

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Callusesandhandlotionmayactasaninsulatinglayertoreducethesignalstrength.

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SomeElectrocardiogram(EKG)signalsgeneratedbyindividualsarenotstrongenoughtobedetectedbythesensors.

CHRdetectionmaybelimitedtowalkingorslowjoggingduetotheextrememuscleartifactsandhandmotiongeneratedbya

comfortablerunningstyle.Ifyourheartratesignaleverseemserraticaftervalidation,wipeoffyourhandsandthesensors

andtryagain.

HeartRateCalculations

Yourmaximumheartrateusuallydecreasesfrom220BeatsPerMinute(BPM)inchildhoodtoapproximately160BPMbyage60.

Thisfallinheartrateisusuallylinear,decreasingbyapproximatelyoneBPMforeachyear.Thereisnoindicationthattraining

influencesthedecreaseinmaximumheartrate.Individualsofthesameagecouldhavedifferentmaximumheartrates.Itismore

accuratetofindthisvaluebygettingastresstestthanbyusinganagerelatedformula.

Youratrestheartrateisinfluencedbyendurancetraining.Thetypicaladulthasanatrestheartrateofapproximately72BPM,

whereashighlytrainedrunnersmayhavereadingsof40BPMorlower.

TheHeartRatetableisanestimateofwhatHeartRateZone(HRZ)iseffectivetoburnfatandbetteryourcardiovascularsystem.

Physicalconditionsvary,thereforeyourindividualHRZcouldbeseveralbeatshigherorlowerthanwhatisshown.

Themostefficientproceduretoburnfatduringexerciseistostartataslowpaceandgraduallyincreaseyourintensityuntilyour

heartratereachesbetween60–85%ofyourmaximumheartrate.Continueatthatpace,keepingyourheartrateinthattargetzone

forover20minutes.Thelongeryoumaintainyourtargetheartrate,themorefatyourbodywillburn.

Thegraphisabriefguideline,describingthegenerallysuggestedtargetheartratesbasedonage.Asnotedabove,youroptimal

targetratemaybehigherorlower.Consultyourphysicianforyourindividualtargetheartratezone.

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