When I’ve finished a long run, my leg muscles feel like they’re ablaze. By the last few seconds of planking, my abs feel like ...

How do we take how we feel during a run, and make it something measurable, repeatable and something we can use in training?

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and performance during repetitive maximal effort 40 km time trials as well as after an intervention that aimed ...

If you were thinking of it on a scale of 0–10, with 0 representing no effort at all, and 10 your absolute max intensity—what fitness pros refer to as your rate of perceived exertion—this ...

At the end, the experimenters held up the scale and the participants reported their RPE at that instant, representing total-body exertion. The participants were previously informed that 6 points meant ...

RPE is a subjective measure of your effort and very useful for endurance athletes (Credit: Garmin). RPE is measured numerically with the two most common scales being 1-10 (10 is maximum effort) and ...

‘Some people use something called the Borg scale, which ranges from six to 20. However, a lot of people find that it tends to be a little bit more complicated than it needs to be. A simplified scale ...

A simplified scale is one to 10,’ says Hancock. On this one to 10 RPE scale, one to three is very easy and could encompass something like walking or light jogging. Then, things start to ramp up.

Objective: To examine the game characteristics and physiological (ie, blood lactate concentration) and perceptual (ie, rating of perceived exertion, RPE) responses during actual tennis competition in ...

Borg Scale The 0-10 RPE scale is based on a scale developed by Swedish researcher Gunnar Borg in the 1960s. Borg’s original scale went from 6 to 20. It was loosely based on a person’s heart rate ...

Objective During pregnancy, international guidelines recommend ≥150 min of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, with an intensity perceived as fairly light to somewhat hard on the ...