True Fitness PS75 User Manual

Treadmill

Owner's

Manual

“Our original goal was to build the world’s best treadmills, and today we believe we’re doing it!”

-Frank Trulaske

Thank You For Selecting True

In 1981, Frank Trulaske launched True Fitness Technology, Inc. and began manufacturing hand-crafted treadmills.

His team’s obsession with quality has

propelled True to the top of the industry

and has created

one of America’s oldest, largest and most respected

fitness equipment manufacturers.

Over the years, True has designed, developed, patented and fabricated many new and cuttingedge innovations for

their products: including advanced features, manufacturing components and technological breakthroughs.

Intensive quality control standards guarantee excellence in every phase of production, resulting in the finest products available in the marketplace.

True treadmills are consistently rated #1

for their smooth, quiet and comfortable performance.

True is rapidly becoming the choice for workouts among beginners, rehab patients and top athletes world-wide.

Today True offers a full line of treadmills, upright and recumbent bikes, elliptical

trainers, strength and flexibilty equipment. True is proud to “Deliver The Best!”

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 and do not use until corrected, replaced, or tightened prior to use.

Do not wear loose or dangling clothing while using the treadmill.

Care should be used when mounting or dismounting the treadmill.

Read, understand, and test the emergency stop procedures before use.

Disconnect all power before servicing the treadmill.

Do not operate electrically powered treadmills in damp or wet locations.

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Review for Your Safety

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Do not exceed maximum user weight of 300 lbs.

Keep the top side of the moving surface clean and dry.

Keep children and animals away.

This treadmill is intended for residential use only.

All exercise equipment is potentially hazardous. If attention is not paid to the conditions of equipment usage, death or serious injury could occur.

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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 3	page 9	page 19
3 - User Programs	4 - Designing an	5 - Care and
How to record and	Exercise Program	Maintenance
run User Programs.

page 23

page 27

page 35

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Before

Your

Workout

During

Your

Workout

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start into a manual workout by pressing , or set up 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 and incline keys on the lower keypad, or by

pressing a Quick Speed or Quick Incline key.

Change workouts during your workout by pressing a program key.

Pause your workout by pressing .

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Starting & Stopping Your Treadmill

•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
			User P rogra ms
Speed I n ter va ls (2)
Speed R a mp-Up			HR C Cru i se Con trol

Place your feet on the straddle covers.				Starting
				And
Attach the safety lanyard to your waistband.				Stopping
				Your
Place the safety key on the key holder.				Treadmill
Set up your workout and press		.		Safely
Stop the treadmill by reducing speed to 2 mph, then press				.

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chapter one

Basic Operations

In This Chapter:

Heart Rate Monitoring

Special Workouts

Classic Pre-Set Workouts

Chapter 1: Basic Operations
Chapter 2: Heart Rate Control Workouts
Chapter 3: User Programs
Chapter 4: Designing an Exercise Program
Chapter 5: Care and Maintenance	9

Using the Keyboard

CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATIONS

Selecting Workouts: Press any of the workout keys and press 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. Pressat any time to begin your workout. Note that HRC workouts require settings adjustments.

Adjusting Settings: Use the keys to adjust numeric settings. Pressto accept each settings adjustment.

Primary Controls: During your workout, press to stop the treadbelt and pause your workout. Press to resume your workout. Press and hold to clear your workout.

Change Data Display: During your workout, pressto change the data displayed.

Safety Lanyard: This magnetized cord must be in place on the treadmill balance bar location, and should be attached to your clothing. The treadmill will not operate if the lanyard is not attached.

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Using the

Keyboard

Manual

Operation

Details

Manual Operation

CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATIONS

Press Quick Start: Start the treadbelt at 0.5 mph at the default workout time of 30 minutes.

OR...

Setting Time or Distance Targets: Enter your weight and press

. Now either enter a workout time and press , or pressto be prompted for a target distance.

You can keep adjusting your workout setup by repeatedly pressing

. Your workout starts only when you press.

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Heart Rate Monitoring

CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATIONS

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 feature, this
kind of monitoring gives
you valuable feedback on your effort level. Chest strap monitoring
also allows you to use Heart Rate Control, the most advanced
exercise control system available.
When you wear a Polar® or compatible transmitter strap, the							Chest Strap
treadmill will display your heart rate as a digital beats-per-minute							Heart Rate
(bpm) readout.							Monitoring
The transmitter strap should be worn directly against your skin,
about one inch below the pectoral
muscles/breast line (see picture). Women
should be careful to place the transmitter
below their bra line.
Some moisture is necessary between the
strap and your skin. Sweat from your
exercise works best, but ordinary tap
water may be used prior to your workout
if desired.

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Contact

Heart Rate

(CHR)

For Best

CHR

Results

Contact Heart Rate

CHAPTER ONE: BASIC OPERATIONS

The contact heart rate (CHR) system lets you monitor your heart rate without wearing a strap.

Gently grasp the contact heart rate pads as shown.

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.

Important: The CHR System should only be used at speeds of 4 mph or lower. Above this speed the CHR accuracy is unavoidably unreliable due to large muscle movements.

1.Exercise with smooth body motions.

2.Breathe smoothly and regularly, and avoid talking. (Talking will cause unrepresentative heart rate spikes of 5 to 10 bpm.)

3.Grip the pads lightly, not tightly.

4.Make sure your hands are clean, free of both dirt and hand lotions.

5.See Appendix A for more details on Contact Heart Rate monitoring.

A Note on CHR Accuracy

CHR monitoring may be a bit less accurate than a chest strap, since the heart rate signals are much stronger at the chest.

About 5% of the population cannot be picked up by any CHR system. This is because their heart is positioned in a more up-and-down manner in their chest, as opposed to

leaning over to one side.

When using a Heart Rate Control workout, it is best to use chest strap monitoring. These workouts work best with the extra accuracy gained from a chest-contact heart rate monitoring system.

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