Rate of Perceived Exertion, or RPE, is something we are always talking about in our community. We’ve certainly featured RPE as a popular article and podcast topic. Yet I continue to encounter many well-meaning Lifetime Athletes who struggle with the concept. My goal today is to simplify RPE in the clearest way possible. We’ve talked about the original Borg Scale…
Rate of Perceived Exertion versus Readiness to Train. This is a fascinating comparison. RPE describes how hard you are working, and RTT depicts your level of recovery and output potential. These terms are not synonymous, but they tend to (and should) work in parallel fashion. RPE is but one of the many metrics available for gauging effort. Heart rate, power…
Rate of Perceived Exertion and Repetitions in Reserve are just two of the many training tools we use at TLA. RPE vs. RIR is discussed in today’s episode of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete App. Available on the App Store and Google Play. It’s the ultimate fitness for life app for…
The terminology we use to describe output levels during training is quite useful. Today we’re going to discuss 2 popular methods of estimating effort. They are Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and Repetitions in Reserve (RIR). Potato versus Pototto. Or you might say Tumaytuh while another utters Tohmottoh. I think you get my drift. RPE and RIR are great assets…
