How do you track intensity? There are 2 ways. RPE - Rating of perceived excretion Or RIR - Reps in reserve They can tell you the same thing on barbell lifts. The RPE number is equal to the reps in reserve minus 10 So RIR of 3 is an RPE of 7/10 Now the reason I say barbell lifts goes into what I mention in this video. Barbell lifting should only be taken to technique failure and you usually hit that around 6-8/10 quickly. Could you do 2 more reps? Maybe, but then what does the movement look like?

Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scaling your intensity is great for any workout as you want to work on progressing yourself and knowing if your bringing the appropriate challenge to a workout. As not all days need to be extremely challenging or too light. The scaling here is 1-10, ranging from light to max effort work. Such gauging of intensity can be brought into your daily efforts as certain days of programming may be planned for a percentage(s) to reach, yet energy may not meet the demand. J

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Elevator Pitch: What is RPE? Rate of Perceived Exertion is how hard you feel like your going. 1 is easy, little effort or something you could do all day and 10 is spent, you’re done and have nothing left to give for that movement or workout. This can be given from a coach to an athlete so the athlete knows how hard to push for that event or workout. In retrospect the athlete can report to the coach how hard they felt the workout was or how hard they pushed. This easy/straightforward verbiage can

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