Nautilus E514 - Heart Rate; Contact Heart Rate Sensors

Note:
Aswithallexercisesandfitnessregimens,alwaysuseyourbestjudgmentwhenyouincreaseyour
exercisetimeorintensity.
FatBurningTargetHeartRate
HeartRate
BPM(beats
perminute)
Age
MaximumHeartRate
TargetHeartRateZone(keep
withinthisrangeforoptimumfat
burning)
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.
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