Training Instructions
Sports medicine and training science use ergometry,
among other things, for the examination of the functional
capability of heart, circulation and respiratory system.
You can find out whether or not you have achieved the
desired effect from your training after several weeks using
the following method:
1. You manage a particular endurance performance with
less heart / circulation performance than previously
2. You sustain a particular endurance performance with
the same heart / circulation performance over a lon-
ger period.
3. You recover more quickly than previously after a parti-
cular heart / circulation performance.
Guide values for the endurance training
Maximum pulse: maximum strain means the reaching of
the individual maximum pulse. The maximum achievable
heart rate is dependant on age.
Here, the following empirical formula applies: the maxi-
mum heart rate per minute corresponds to 220 heart
beats minus age in years.
Example: age 50 years -> 220 – 50 = 170 pulse / min.
Load Intensity
Load pulse: the optimum intensity of load is reached at
65–75% (see also diagram) of the maximum pulse. This
value changes depending on age.
Extent Of Load
Duration of a training unit and its frequency per week:
The optimum extent of load is attained, if 65–75% of the
individual heart / circulation performance is achieved
over a longer period.
Empirical Formula:
Either 10 min / training unit in daily training
or approx. 30 min / training unit with 2–3x /
week.
or approx. 60 min / training unit with 1-2x / week
Beginners should not begin with training units of 30-60
minutes.
The beginner’s training can be planned as follows in the
first 4 weeks:
It is recommended that you perform approx. 5 minutes of
exercises before and after every training unit, in order to
warm up and cool down. There should be a training-free
day between each two consecutive training units, if you
prefer training sessions of 20-30 minutes 3 times a week
later on in your training. Otherwise, there is no reason
why you should not train daily.
Glossary
Recovery
Recovery pulse measurement at the end of the training. From
start and end pulse of one minute the deviation and a fitness
grade are determined. With the same training, the improvement
of this grade is a measure for fitness increase.
Reset
Deletion of the display contents and restart of the display.
Programs
Possibilities for training, which require manual or program-deter-
mined loads or target pulses.
Profiles
Change of loads over time or distance represented in the points
field.
Dimension
Units for display of km/h or mph, kjoule or kcal
Energy
Calculates the energy turnover of the body
Control
The electronic equipment controls the load or the pulse for
manually entered or default values.
