U.N.O. Fitness Motive Fitness CTX 2000 Instructions De Montage Et D'utilisation page 54

User manual
The relation between heart-rate & fat burn
Like any combustion engine, your body uses oxygen and fuel to generate energy.
The cardiovascular system delivers oxygen to the skeletal muscles, which then uses this oxygen to
"burn" various fuels (carbohydrate and fat) to yield mechanical energy. While performing aerobic
exercise, your heart rate should stay in a range (Training Zones) between 50% and 70% of your
maximum heart rate. (Max. Heart Rate = 220 – age in years) For best results, aerobic and fat
burning, keep your heart rate in the Training Zone for at least 12 minutes. The longer and more
frequently you do this the more improvement you will see.
Why 12 minutes? This is the amount of time needed for body to start producing fat burning
enzymes.
Additional hints for your health
The body fat analysis is suitable for adults and children of 7 years age and older.
This measurement is in no way suitable for people with heart diseases or when taking
cardiovascular medicine. Please also do not use this item if you are pregnant.
Wrong values can be measured if you belong to these groups:
- People over 70 years of age
- Dialyse-Patients
- People, who suffer from Oedema
- Intensive sport people, Bodybuilders, Professional athletes
- If when relaxing your heart rate is below 60
In these cases the result of the measurement cannot be regarded as correct value, but only
as a guide for the improvement between different measurements.
Always consult your physician before starting a body fat measurement!
In case of improper handling or current fluctuations measured values can be lost and/or be
displayed wrongly.
How to do the measurement:
1. The correct posture for the body fat measurement
Stand on the unit in an upright position and do no bend your elbows and knees too strongly.
Do not move during the measurement and hold your arms so, that these are pointing straight
forward in the height of your heart while your hands are grasping the handpulse-sensors.
This is to ensure, that the current can flow in an optimal way through your body.
2. Faults which one should avoid:
Here is a list of faults which one should avoid during the measuring absolutely to score a
result as correct as possible:
a. bent elbow
b. movements during the measuring
c. the arms are too high or too low in front of the body
d. there is no sufficient contact between fingers and electrodes/sensors
Note: To measure the pulse frequency during the training you don't need to follow the above
mentioned notes. Here it suffices if you put merely your both palms on the sensor.
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