Ellipticals

Exercise pros know that varying your workouts is an important strategy for reaching your fitness goals. When routines are repeated too frequently, two things tend to happen: 1) Your body may plateau because it becomes too familiar with the program you're following; 2) You may lose enthusiasm for exercising which will delay the achievement of your goals.

With such a wide variety of programs to choose from, you'll look forward to training on your elliptical machine. Choose a different program with every session to keep your body and mind refreshed. Each is customizable to meet your own personal fitness level.

Count Up – Set and work up to a target based on one of the following parameters: distance, time (minutes), energy consumption (kilojoules), training pulse, target pulse, max pulse, performance (watts).

Count Down – Set and finish target based on one of the following parameters: distance, time (minutes), energy consumption (kilojoules), training pulse, target pulse, max pulse, performance (watts).

P1: Fitness Test – This fitness test, developed in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO), provides for an automatically controlled increase in performance by 25 watts at 2-minute intervals. Fitness is assessed by a score of 1 to 6 (1 being most fit), and is based on the difference between strain pulse (during highest effort) and recovery pulse (during 60-second cool down). Please note that use of this test should be subject to the user's physical condition and determined after consulting with a physician.

P2: Fitness Beginners I – This is a 27-minute elliptical training program designed for beginners or deconditioned exercisers. The program begins at 25 watts of effort, gradually increasing to a steady 100 watts before a cool down.

P3: Fitness Beginners II – This is a 30-minute program which adds resistance to the basic program. Workload begins at 50 watts and peaks at 125 watts.

P4: Advanced Exercisers I – This is a 36-minute program for those with a higher endurance capacity. Workload begins at 50 watts and peaks at 150 watts.

P5: Advanced Exercisers II – This is a 38-minute program for those with a higher endurance capacity. Workload begins at 50 watts and peaks at 200 watts, with alternating levels of resistance in the training zone.

P6: Fitness Pros I – This 36-minute program will challenge even the most conditioned athletes. Workload begins at 75 watts and peaks at 300 watts. Resistance varies considerably in the training zone to challenge the user's endurance and agility.

Heart Rate Control (includes presets for fat burning and cardiovascular fitness) – After setting the desired pulse rate during exercise, the elliptical resistance is controlled according to the target pulse setting. This means that the resistance will automatically be increased until the exercising pulse rate has been reached or decreased if the pulse exceeds the target setting. The program ensures that the exercising pulse rate remains at an approximately constant optimum exercising pulse rate during training. Target heart rate may be set manually or determined by fat burning or cardiovascular fitness presets.