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PS Series
Treadmill Owner's Guide
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Thank You For Selecting True In 1981, Frank While TRUE has Trulaske launched expanded its line of ® TRUE Fitness products, intensive Technology, quality control Inc. and began standards guarantee manufacturing excellence in every hand-crafted phase of production. treadmills. This results in the finest products available in His team’s obsession the marketplace. with quality has “Our original goal was propelled TRUE TRUE is rapidly to build the world’s to the top of the best fitness
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Review for Your Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS When using this exercise machine, basic precautions should always be followed, including the following: Read and understand all instructions and warnings prior to use. Obtain a medical exam before beginning any exercise program. If at any time during exercise you feel faint, dizzy, or experience pain, stop and consult your physician. Obtain proper instruction prior to use. Inspect the treadmill for incorrect, worn, or loose components an
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Review for Your Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do not exceed maximum user weight of 350 lbs. Keep the top side of the moving surface clean and dry. Keep children and animals away. All exercise equipment is potentially hazardous. If attention is not paid to the conditions of equipment, death or serious injury could occur. 2 P E R F O R M A N C E S E R I E S O W N E R ’ S G U I D E
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Quick Start Guide Before Your Quick Start into a manual workout by pressing , or set up Workout a different workout by pressing a workout key and adjusting the setting as necessary. You can keep fine-tuning your workout setup by repeatedly pressing to go to the next setting. Your workout starts only when you press . Adjust speed or incline at any time by using the dedicated speed During Your and incline keys on the lower keypad, or by pressing a Workout Quick Speed or Quick Incline
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Table of Contents Front Section 1 - Basic 2 - Heart Safety instructions, Operation Rate Control Quick Start Guide, Workouts Model Differences and Starting and Stopping the Treadmill Safely. page 9 page 19 page 1 3 - User Programs 4 - TV/Video 5 - Designing an How to record and Systems Exercise Program run User Programs. page 27 page 31 page 23 6 - Care and Maintenance page 39 P E R F O R M A N C E S E R I E S O W N E R ’ S G U I D E 5 5
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Model Differences Your new treadmill is part of the True Performance Series Model treadmills. Since this owner’s guide covers all five Performance Differences models, you might notice descriptions of features that are different from your treadmill. The main differences are in the consoles. PS100/300 • Black-on-blue LCD data display • Dedicated workout and speed and incline keys. M a n u a l Glu te B u ster Ca lorie B u rn er L eg Sha per Hill I n ter va ls Ca rdio Cha llen ge Speed I n ter v
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Starting And Stopping the Treadmill Safely Place your feet on the straddle covers. Starting And Stopping Attach the safety lanyard to your waistband. Your Treadmill Place the safety key on the key holder. Safely Set up your workout and press . Stop the treadmill by reducing speed to 2 mph, then press . 7 P E R F O R M A N C E S E R I E S O W N E R ’ S G U I D E
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chapter one Basic Operation In This Chapter: Heart Rate Monitoring Special Workouts Classic Pre-Set Workouts Chapter 1: Basic Operation Chapter 2: Heart Rate Control Workouts Chapter 3: User Workouts Chapter 4: Audio and Video Systems Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance 9
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Using the Keyboard CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION Using the Selecting Workouts: Press any of the workout keys and press Keyboard to begin your workout using the default settings. Before pressing , you may adjust other settings like Workout Time and Body Weight, pressing after adjusting each setting. Press at any time to begin your workout. Note that HRC workouts require settings adjustments. Adjusting Settings: Use the keys to adjust numeric settings. Press to accept each settings adju
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Manual & Operation Guide CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION Press Quick Start: Start the treadbelt at 0.5 mph at the default Manual workout time of 30 minutes. Operation Details OR... Setting Time or Distance Targets: Enter your weight and press . Now either enter a workout time and press , or press to be prompted for a target distance. You can keep adjusting your workout setup by repeatedly pressing . Your workout starts only when you press . 11 P E R F O R M A N C E S E R I E S O W N E R ’ S G
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Heart Rate Monitoring CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION This treadmill can monitor your heart rate using either the chest Monitoring strap provided with the treadmill or the metal grips on the hand Your rails (called contact heart rate, or CHR pads). A chest strap Heart Rate transmits your heart rate to the treadmill via radio, and the CHR pads connect to a special computer circuit to extract your heart rate. Although this treadmill functions fine without using the heart rate monitoring fea
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Contact Heart Rate CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION The contact heart rate (CHR) system lets you monitor your heart Contact rate without wearing a strap. Heart Rate (CHR) Gently grasp the contact heart rate pads. When the system detects your hands, the Heart Rate label will start flashing in time with your heart beat. During this time, the system is analyzing and locking in your heart rate. Within about 15 seconds, your digital heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) should be displayed. Impo
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Special Workouts CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION Each workout has a four-minute warm up and a two-minute cool Pre-Set down. Speed or incline changes stay in effect until the next change Workouts requested by the program. Changing the default workout time adds or removes segments; it does not stretch or compress the workout profile. Change workout levels during your workout by pressing the workout key you are using, adjusting the numeric level, then pressing . Change to a new pre-set workout
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Special Workouts CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION Zero-grade walking or running intervals are in one-minute Walking and segments. Grade changes are permanent; speed changes affect the Running: current one-minute segment only. Speed Intervals Changes in Speed Walking and Zero-grade gradually increases speed then decreases speed, Running: changing once per minute. Grade changes are permanent; speed Speed Ramp changes affect the current one-minute segment only. Changes in Speed 15 P E R
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Classic Pre-Set Workouts CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION These are True’s original four pre-set workouts. Changing the workout time stretches and compresses the workout profile, in contrast to the four new pre-set workouts. Other differences are explained below in the individual workout sections. Incline changes in varying amounts; the new Hills workout has Glute Buster hills of the same size all throughout the workout. Very similar to Hill Intervals, with varying incline changes. Leg Shape
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Classic Pre-Set Workouts CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATION Different from Speed Intervals 1 with the speed changing in Speed varying amounts. Intervals 2 17 P E R F O R M A N C E S E R I E S O W N E R ’ S G U I D E
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chapter two Heart Rate Control Workouts In This Chapter: HRC Workout Introduction The Easy Steps to a Heart Rate Control Workout Important Points About HRC Chapter 1: Basic Operation Chapter 2: Heart Rate Control Workouts Chapter 3: User Workouts Chapter 4: Audio and Video Systems Chapter 5: Designing an Exercise Program Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance 19
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HRC Introduction CHAPTER TWO: HEART RATE CONTROL WORKOUTS True’s heart rate control (HRC) workouts let the treadmill monitor HRC your relative exercise intensity by way of your heart rate, then Workout automatically adjust the workload to keep you at your target heart Introduction rate and thus your desired exercise intensity. Your heart rate is a good measure of your body’s exercise stress level. It reflects differences in your physical condition, how tired you are, the comfort of the w
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Easy Steps to a Heart Rate Control Workout CHAPTER TWO: HEART RATE CONTROL WORKOUTS Easy Steps 1. Press the Heart Rate Control key. Press . to a Heart Rate Control 2. Adjust your desired workout time. Press . Workout 3. Adjust the target heart rate. Press . Use the chart in Appendix A to help pick a target heart rate. 4. Adjust the maximum speed the treadmill will use during the workout. Press . Tip: for a comfortable walking workout, set a maximum speed of 2.5 or 3 mph. 5. Adjust th
