Life Fitness RT8 Bicycle User Manual


 
4.4 MY WORKOUTS
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PERSONAL PROGRAMS
The My Workouts Personal Programs feature on the exercise bike makes it possible to pre-set up to four workouts with
personal setup information, such as age, duration, or level, and then store the workouts in the console memory. These
workouts are accessed with the MY WORKOUT key. Any workout type can be pre-set and stored, including FAT BURN-
ER, CARDIO, CARDIO HILL, CARDIO INTERVAL, CARDIO ENDURANCE, HILL, RANDOM, MANUAL, OUTDOOR
TRAINING, and GRADUAL HILL.
USING A WORKOUT SAVED UNDER MY WORKOUTS
When the console is in initial workout setup mode and the MESSAGE CENTER displays, SELECT WORKOUT OR
PRESS QUICK START, press the MY WORKOUT key, and scroll through the workout names displayed in the MES-
SAGE CENTER. When the desired workout appears, press ENTER. The workout then begins.
EDITING WORKOUTS AND VIEWING STATISTICS
By factory default, the four workouts are stored as MANUAL programs under the names MY WORKOUT 1 through MY
WORKOUT 4. It is possible to change the name of each workout and/or customize the settings for each workout. It also
is possible to view usage statistics for each workout, including:
The total number of usage hours and minutes
The total number of calories burned
The total distance traveled
Use the following steps for changing a workout name, editing workout settings, and viewing workout statistics.
1. When the MESSAGE CENTER displays the prompt "SELECT WORKOUT USING ARROW KEYS OR PRESS
QUICK START," press the MY WORKOUT key.
2. The MESSAGE CENTER displays the name of the first of the four workouts saved under MY WORKOUT.
Scroll through the workout names displayed in the MESSAGE CENTER by pressing the ARROW keys.
3. When the desired name appears, press and hold the MY WORKOUT key for three seconds. The MESSAGE
CENTER displays the prompt PRESS ENTER TO EDIT NAME - PRESS MY WORKOUT TO EDIT WORKOUT.
Press ENTER and proceed with steps 4-8, or press MY WORKOUT, and skip to step 7.
(Changing a workout name:)
4. The MESSAGE CENTER displays MY WORKOUT and the numeral corresponding to the selected workout.
The first character of the workout name flashes. Use the ARROW keys to scroll through displayed character
options, which include all the letters of the alphabet, numerals 0 through 9, a dash (-) and an underscore (_).
When the desired character appears, press the ENTER key to accept the character. The next character to the
right flashes. Repeat this step for each character. For a blank space, press the CLEAR/PAUSE key.
5. Press the MY WORKOUT key to save the name of the workout. The MESSAGE ENTER displays NAME
SAVED.
6. The MESSAGE CENTER displays PRESS ENTER TO EDIT MY WORKOUT - PRESS MY WORKOUT TO
ACCESS STATISTICS. Press ENTER.
7. The MESSAGE CENTER displays SELECT WORKOUT. By factory default all four workouts under MY WORKOUT
are MANUAL programs. Enter setup information as prompted by the MESSAGE CENTER, using the ARROW keys
to scroll through displayed variables, and pressing the ENTER key to accept a variable. Once all information is
entered, the MESSAGE CENTER displays WORKOUT SAVED. Several seconds later, the MESSAGE CENTER
again displays PRESS ENTER TO EDIT MY WORKOUT - PRESS MY WORKOUT TO ACCESS STATISTICS.
Press ENTER to repeat step 7 for the selected workout, or press MY WORKOUT, and proceed with step 8.
(Viewing statistics:)
8. The MESSAGE CENTER display HOURS = followed by a value. Scroll through each of the displayed statistics
by pressing the MY WORKOUT key. Statistics may be cleared at any time by pressing and holding the
PAUSE/CLEAR button for two seconds while a statistic is displayed. The statistic will be cleared and reset to
zero.Once all statistics have been viewed, the console exits the MY WORKOUT mode and returns to initial work-
out setup mode.
Note: At any point during these steps, it is possible to exit MY WORKOUT mode, by pressing the the
PAUSE/CLEAR key twice. Doing so returns the console to initial workout setup mode, at which point, the MES-
SAGE CENTER displays SELECT WORKOUT OR PRESS QUICK START.
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