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FITTESTPROGRAM
FitnessTestOverview
TheFitnessTestprogramhasbeenincorporatedwithinthe910consoletoprovidetheuserwiththeabilitytomeasureandtrack
theirfitnessgainsathome.TheDiamondbackFitnessversionofthistestisbaseduponthestandardsandprotocoltheYMCA
employsforthemeasurementandtrackingofanindividual’sprogresstowardstheirpersonalfitnessgoals.Itshouldbe
mentionedthattheinformationprovidedbythistestisrelativeinnatureandisnotmeanttoserveasaprecisemeasurementof
one’sphysicalfitnessorcardiovascularcapacity.
HowtheTestWorks.Duringphysicalexertion,musclescovertoxygenintothefue
lneededfortheenergytoperformtherequiredtasks.The
harderthemuscleswork,themoreoxygenthemusclesrequire.Thisoxygenisdeliveredtothemusclesviathecardiovascular(blood)system.
Tokeeppacewiththeincreasedoxygendemand,theheartincreasesthedeliveryofoxygenatedbloodbypumpingbloodthroughthesyst
em
faster.Asone’sfitnesslevelimproves,theheartmusclesbecomemoreefficientatextractingoxygenfromthebloodandwillultimately
requirelessenergytoproducethesameamountofwork.Sincethebloodflowrequirementisnotasgreat,theheartwillbeatslower.
TheFitnessTe
stprogramutilizesthisbasicknowledgetodeterminetheuser’srelativefitnesslevel.Thetestwillintroducetheuserto
predeterminedworkloadswhilethereactionoftheheartismonitored.Attheendofthetest,ascore,basedupontheuser’sresults,willpost
inthelowerdisplay.Thisscorese
rvesasabasistotrackfuturetestresultsagainst.ItisadvisabletoperiodicallyincorporatetheFitnessTest
programintotheuser’sworkout.
NOTE: Theusermustprovideaheartratesignalviathetouchheartratesensors,orawirelesscheststraptransmitterfor
theFitnessTestprogramtooperate.Ifnosignalisreceivedforaperiodofthirty(30)seconds,theprogramwillend.
FitnessTestProgramSetupandLaunch
Tobegin,presstheFITTESTkey,followedbytheENTERkeytolaunchtheProgramSetupmode.
UserSelection
“Selectuser”willpostintheLowerDisplay.“User1”orthepreviously‐enteredUser1namevaluewillscrollintheMatrixDisplay.UsetheUP
andDOWNarrowkeystoviewtheuserselectionoptions(“User1”,“User2”or“Guest”).Whenthedesireduserprofileisdisplayed,pressthe
ENTERkeytoselect.
User1/User2 IftheUser1orUser2profilesareselectedandtheUserSetupmodestepsfortheselectedprofilehavenotbee
n
completed,theconsolewilllaunchtheUserSetupmodetoobtainthenecessaryinformation(seethesectiontitledUser
SetupModeformoreinformation).Oncetheconsolehasstoredtherequired information,theprogramwilllaunch.
GuestUser IftheGuestprofileisselected,theuserwillbepromptedtoentertheirageandweightvalue.Toensuretheprogram
operatessafely,itisimportanttoenterthecorrectuserinformation.