Life fitness LC8500 - Manuals

1 G ETTING S TARTED 1.1 I MPORTANT S AFETY I NSTRUCTIONS SAFETY WARNING: The safety of the product can be maintained only if it is examined regularly for damage and wear. See Preventative Maintenance section for details. • Use the Life Fitness Lifecycle exercise bike only as directed in this manual....

1 P OINT DE D ÉPART 1.1 C ONSIGNES DE S ÉCURITÉ I MPORTANTES CONSIGNE DE SÉCURITÉ : pour un emploi sûr, le produit doit être inspecté régulièrement afin de s'assurer qu'il n'est pas usé ni endommagé. Consultez la section de Maintenance préventive pour obtenir de plus amples informations. • Ne faites...

1.2 S ETUP Read the entire Operation Manual before setting up the Lifecycle recumbent bike. W HERE TO P LACE THE L IFECYCLE ® R ECUMBENT E XERCISE B IKE Following all safety instructions in Section 1.1, move the bike to the location in which it will be used. See Section 7, titled Specifications, for...

On the 8500: The pedals on the Lifecycle recumbent bike have footstraps with slits on both the inside and the outside of each strap. The straps are held in place by two knobs that extend sideways from either side of each pedal. To tighten or loosen a strap, grasp the outer end, and pull it back, awa...

2 T HE D ISPLAY C ONSOLE 2.1 D ISPLAY C ONSOLE O VERVIEW The computerized display console on the Lifecycle recumbent bike allows the user to tailor a workout to personal fitness abilities and goals and to monitor progress. With this easy-to-use console, the user can track fitness improvement from on...

2.2 D ISPLAY C ONSOLE D ESCRIPTIONS This section lists and describes the functions for the keys and display windows on the Lifecycle recumbent bike console. See Section 4, titled The Workouts , for detailed information on using the console to set up workouts. A START: Press this key while pedaling t...

2.3 T HE A CCESSORY T RAY (9100 S TANDARD , 8500 O PTION ) The accessory tray (A), which is mounted on the right handlebar the Lifecycle recumbent bike, pro- vides storage space for items such as water bottles, personal stereos, and cell phones. . A 13

3 H EART R ATE Z ONE T RAINING E XERCISE 3.1 W HY H EART R ATE Z ONE T RAINING E XERCISE ? Research shows that maintaining a specific heart rate while exercising is the optimal way to monitor the intensity of a workout and to achieve maximum results. That is the idea behind the Life Fitness heart ra...

4 T HE W ORKOUTS 4.1 W ORKOUT O VERVIEWS This section lists the Lifecycle recumbent bike’s pre-programmed workouts. For more detailed information, see Section 4.2, titled Using the Workouts . The following workouts are accessed with the ARROW keys. QUICK START is the fastest way to begin exercising,...

On the 9100 model, the following nine workouts are accessed by pressing the WORKOUTSPLUS key : AROUND THE WORLD is an interval-training workout in which the hills resemble scenes of various geographical areas. FOOT HILLS is a rolling hill workout with low intensity levels. KILIMANJARO is a Hill work...

F AT B URN The FAT BURN workout is designed to maintain a user’s heart rate at 65 percent of the theoretical maximum † for optimal results. If the user does not wear a Polar heart rate chest strap during the work- out, the WORKOUT PROFILE window displays a heart shape. The console continuously monit...

H EART R ATE I NTERVAL TM W ORKOUT (9100 ONLY ) This program alternates between a hill, which brings the heart rate up to the target rate*, and a valley, which brings the heart rate down to 90 percent of the target. After a warm-up, the workout progresses toward the first hill and heart rate goal. O...

5 O PTIONAL S ETTINGS 5.1 E NTERING AND U SING THE O PTIONAL S ETTINGS F EATURE Fitness club managers and other authorized personnel can use the Optional Settings feature to change default settings, or to enable or disable certain programs or displays on the bike console. To enter the Optional Setti...

6 S ERVICE AND T ECHNICAL D ATA 6.1 P REVENTATIVE M AINTENANCE T IPS The Lifecycle recumbent bike is backed by the engineering excellence of Life Fitness and is one of the most rugged and trouble-free pieces of exercise equipment on the market today. Commercial Life Fitness products have proven to b...

6.4 R ECYCLING THE B ATTERY (9100 O NLY ) When this Life Fitness product is about to be discarded at the end of its useful life, the rechargeable battery must first be removed and recycled. The battery can be accessed through the hole in the shroud on the underside of the bike by carefully tipping t...

7 S PECIFICATIONS 7.1 9100 L IFECYCLE R ECUMBENT E XERCISE B IKE S PECIFICATIONS Designed use: Heavy/Commercial Maximum user weight: 400 pounds / 181 kilograms CONSOLE:Type: Arrow keys Displays: MESSAGE CENTER with heart rate, distance, Revolutions Per Minute (RPM), calories, calories per hour (when...