Life Fitness Exercise Bike manual

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1 C ORP ORA TE H EA DQ UA RTE RS 10601 W est Belm ont Avenue Frank lin Park , Illinois 6013 1 • U.S.A. 847.288. 3300 • FAX: 84 7.288.3703 800.735. 3867 (Toll-f ree within U.S.A ., Canada) I NT ERNA TIONAL O FFICES LIFE FITNESS ASIA PACIFIC LTD Room 2610, Miramar Towe r 132 Nathan Road Tsimshatsui, Kowloon HO NG K ONG Telephone: (+852) 2891.6677[...]

2 Before us ing the Lifec y c le ® Exercis e Bike, it is essential to read th is ENTIRE Op eration Ma nual and ALL Assem bly Instruct ions. These doc uments prov ide instruct ions for s etting up the bike quick ly and using it cor rectly. FCC Warning - Possible Radio / Television Interference NOTE: This equi pment has be en tested and found to com[...]

3 T A BLE OF C ONT ENTS Section Desc ription Page 1. Getting Star ted.............................................................................................................. .. 5 1.1 Impor tant Safety Instructi ons .......................................................................................... 5 1.2 Set Up .........................[...]

4 This Operation Manu al describes t he functions of the follo wing products : Lifec y c le Exercise Bik e Models: C9i C7i See “ Specif ications ” pag e in this m anual for pr oduct specif ic features. Statem ent of Purpose: T he Exercis e Bike is an exercise m achine that ena bles users to s imulate c y c ling in an upright p osition. Health-r[...]

5 1 G ETTING S TA RTED 1.1 I MPOR TANT S AF E TY I NST RUCTIONS • Before us ing this pro duct, it is essential to re ad this ENT IRE operation m anual a nd ALL instruc tions. The Lifec y c le Exercis e Bike is intended f or use solely in the m anner describ ed in this m anual. • Always f ollow the cons ole instructio ns for proper operation. ?[...]

6 1.1 C ONSIGNES DE SÉCURITÉ IMPO RTA N TES • Avant d ’ utilis er ce produ it, lir e imp é rativem ent ce m anuel d ’ utilisat ion en ENT IER, ainsi q ue TOUTES les inst ructi ons. Le v é lo d ’ exercice L ifecycle est c on ç u pour ê tre utilis é uniquem ent de la mani è re d é cr ite dans ce m anuel. • Les instructions de la co[...]

7 1.2 S ETUP Read the ent ire Operati on Manual bef ore setting u p the Lifec y c le Exerc ise Bike. W HERE TO PLAC E THE L IFECYCLE ® E XERCISE B IKE Follo w ing al l safety inst ructions i n Section 1.1, m ove the bike to the loc ation in whic h it will be used. See Section 7, titled Spec ificatio ns , for the d imensions of the footprin t. Allo[...]

8 H OW TO A DJUST THE S EAT It is im portant to adj ust the seat to a n optimal he ight for ped aling on the Lifecycle Ex ercise Bik e. Pedaling with the seat too l ow can place ex cessive strai n on the k nees and quadric eps musc les. Pedaling w ith the s eat too high can irritate th e feet, ank les, hips, and k nees. To determ ine whether or not[...]

9 H OW TO A DJUST THE P EDAL S TRA PS The bik e pedal straps keep the user ’ s shoes on th e pedals duri ng a workout. T he straps shou ld fit com fortably, but they also s hould be tig ht enough to pr event shoes from s lipping at an y point in the p edaling ro tation. Befor e working out, a user should test and a djust the t ightness of the s t[...]

10 2 T HE D ISPLA Y C ONSOLE 2.1 D ISPLAY C ONS OLE O VERVIEW The c o m puterized dis play conso le on the Lif ecy cle Exerc ise Bike al lows the user to tailor a wor kout to pers onal fitness abilities and goals and to monitor progr ess. W ith this easy-to-us e console, th e user can trac k fitness impr ovement fr o m one workout to the next. A B [...]

11 2.2 D ISPLAY CONSOLE DESCRIPTIO NS This section lists an d describes the functions for the k ey s and displa y windows on the Lifecycl e Exercise B ike console. See Secti on 4, titled Th e Workouts , f or detailed inf ormation on us ing the co nsole to set up workouts. A START : Press this k ey , wh ile pedalin g at a predefin ed rate, to ac tiv[...]

12 M W ORKOUT PROFILE W INDOW : This window d isplays sha pes, made of columns of lights, that r epresent the levels of intensit y in a work out-in-progress. T he height of the colum n furthest to the l eft is propor tional to the level of the intensit y. During a Heart Rate Zon e Training w orkout ( FA T BURN , CA R DIO , HEA RT RATE HILL , HEA RT[...]

13 3 H EA RT R ATE Z ONE T RA INING  + E XERC ISE 3.1 W HY H EA RT R ATE Z ON E T RA INING E XERCISE ? Research s hows that m aintaining a s pecific heart rate whi le exercising is the optim al way to monitor the i ntensity of a work out and to achiev e maximum results. T hat is the idea behi nd the Life F itness Heart Rat e Zone Tr aining+ appr[...]

14 3.2 H EA RT R ATE M ON ITOR ING T HE L IFEPULSE ® D IGITAL H EA RT R ATE S ENSORS (M ODEL C9i ONLY ) The patent ed Lifepuls e Digital He art Rate Sensors are the bu ilt-in heart rat e monitori ng system on the Lifec y c le C9i Exercis e Bike. During a workout, grasp t wo of the f our sensors ( A and B) that ar e set into the h andlebars . The c[...]

15 4 T HE W ORKOUTS 4.1 W ORKOUT O VERVIEW S This sect i on lists th e Lifecy cle Exercise Bi ke ’ s work out programs . For more detailed inform ation, see Sectio n 4.2, titled Us ing the W ork outs an d Section 4. 3, titled Wor kout Descriptio n s. QUICK START is th e fastest w ay to be gin exercisi ng, and it b y pass es the steps i nvolved in[...]

16 MY WORKOUT S is not a workout pr ogram but a f eature that al lows the user t o pre-set up t o seven w ork outs with persona l setup inform ation, such as age or le vel, and then store the wor kouts in the c onsole mem ory. These work outs are accessed wi th an AR RO W key. The f ollowing work outs (availabl e on the C9i on ly ) are accessed b y[...]

17 The f ollowing chart l ists the steps involved fo r setting up each workout. L IFECYCLE E XERCISE B IKE W ORKO UT S ETUP S TEPS HILL Selec t ti me Select lev el Begin workout RA NDOM Select ti m e Select lev el Begin workout MA N UA L Select ti m e Select lev el Begin workout SPORT TRAINING ™ Select ti m e Select lev el Begin workout EZ RES IS[...]

18 S ELECTING A W ORK OUT M ODE Two work out mode opt ions on the Lif ecycle Exerc ise Bike f eature alternate ways to var y workouts. • Bike Mod e: This work out mode s imulates the ex perience of riding a real bicycle. T he rate of calor ies burned an d total dist ance traveled i ncrease autom aticall y as the user i ncreases the pe daling spe [...]

19 and vall eys. The com puterized interval tr aining work out has been sc ientificall y demonstr ated to promote gr eater cardio-r espirator y improvem ent than stea dy-pace tra ining. The HILL work out goes throug h four phas es, each mar ked by differ ent intensit y levels . The W ORKOUT PROFILE window d isplays the pr ogress of thes e phases. A[...]

20 S PORT T RAINING This program s i m ulates an outd oor cyclin g terrain b y s etting dif ferent hills, or intensit y levels, thr oughout the course. Hi lls #1 and # 2 simulate go ing downhil l. Hill #3 sim ulates riding on a flat road. Hills #4 and above sim ulate clim bing, with each hill matc hing a progress ive degre e of diffic ulty. Hills l[...]

21 H EA RT R ATE H ILL TM W ORKOUT This pr ogram cons ists of three hil ls that target t hree heart rate goals: The f irst hill brings the heart rat e to 90 percent of the targ et rate*. The s econd hill increases the rate to 95 perc ent. The third hill matches the target hear t rate. The valle y alwa y s is defined as 85 p ercent of the target. Af[...]

22 E XTREME H EART R ATE TM W ORKOUT This intense, varied workout is d esigned to hel p more exper ienced users to break through fitness improvem ent plateaus. T he work out alternates bet ween two target heart rate go als as quick ly as poss ible. The eff ect is sim ilar to that of r unning sprints. W hen s etting up the work out, the user ent ers[...]

23 A EROB ICS T RA INER (C9i ONLY ) In this workout, the M ESSAGE CENT ER continuous ly prom pts the user to switc h between a high pedalin g speed and a lo w pedaling sp eed. These s peed intervals alternate in a pattern th at promotes a “ build-up ” in the inte nsity of the work out, followed b y a “ build-do wn ” in intensi ty. The work [...]

24 4.4 M Y W ORKOUTS The M Y WORKOUTS feature on th e C9i exercise bike mak es it possible to pr e-set up to s even work outs with persona l setup inform ation, such as age or desir ed speed, and t hen store t he workouts in the console m emor y . These work outs are acces sed with the W ORKOU TS PLUS ke y . Any work out can be pr e-set and stored [...]

25 5 I NTERNAL S ETTINGS 5.1 O PT IONAL S ET TINGS Use the O ptional Sett ings feature to c hange def ault settings, or to enable or disable c ertain program s or displays on the Lifec ycle Exer cis e Bik e console. E NTERING AND U SING THE O PTIONAL S ETTIN GS F EA T URE To enter the Optional Settings, ho ld down the UP ARROW ke y , and s impl y s[...]

26 6 S ERVICE A ND T E CHNICAL D AT A 6.1 P REVENTATIVE M A INTEN A NCE T IP S The Lif ecycle Exerc ise Bike is bac ked by the engineering excellence of Life Fitn ess and is on e of the m ost rugged and troub le-free pieces of exercise eq uipment on th e market toda y. Comm e rcial Lif e Fitness produc ts have proven to be dura ble in healt h clubs[...]

27 6.2 P REVENTATIVE M A INTEN A NCE S CHEDULE Follo w the sched ule below to ensure proper operation of the product. ITEM W EEK LY MONTHLY BI-ANNUALLY ANNU AL LY Display Console C I Console M ounting Bol ts I Accesso ry t r ay s C I Frame C I Pedals a nd Straps C I Plastic Covers C I Pedals a nd Straps C I KEY: C=C lean; I=Insp ect 6.3 T ROU BLE S[...]

28 6.5 H OW T O O BTA I N P RODUCT S ERVI CE 1. Verify the s y mptom and revie w the operating instructions . The problem may be unf amiliarit y with the product and its f eatures and wor kouts. 2. Locate and write down the s erial num ber of the unit, which is loc ated on a pl ate near the p ower switch. 3. Contact Life Fit ness Custom er Support [...]

29 7 S PECIFICA TIONS 7.1 C9i L IFECYCLE E XERCISE B IK E S P ECIFICA TIONS Designed use: Consum er Maxim u m us er weight: 400 pounds / 181 kilo grams Power re quirements : None (se lf-powered) W orkouts : Quick Start, Fat Burn, Card io, Heart R ate Hill, Hear t Rate Interva l, Extrem e Heart Rate, Hill, Ra ndom, Manual , Sport Traini ng, EZ Resis[...]

30 7.2 C7i L IFECYCLE E XERCISE B IKE S P ECIF ICA TIONS Designed use: Consum er Maxim u m us er weight: 400 pounds / 181 kilo grams Power re quirements : None (se lf-powered) W orkouts : Quick Start, Fat Burn, Card io, Heart R ate Hill, Hear t Rate Interva l, Extrem e Heart Rate, Hill, Ra ndom, Man ual, Sport Traini ng, EZ Res i stance Console d i[...]

10601 W est Belm ont Avenue Frank lin Park , Illinois 6013 1 • U.S. A. 847.288. 3300 • FAX: 84 7.288.3703 800.735. 3867 (Toll-f ree within U.S.A ., Canada) M051-00K63-B011[...]