How Hard Are You Exercising? (rate of perceived exertion)
Second Wind Fitness with Brock Armstrong
English - August 01, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBFitness Health & Fitness Alternative Health fitness movement workouts mobility strength flexibility stamina Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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You may have heard me say that you should do a particular exercise at a particular intensity or your doctor may have told you to get 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity exercise per week. Do you need to buy an activity tracker or get a kinesiology degree to know exactly how intense these workout should be? The truth is that you probably already innately know how hard you are exercising. It's called Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) and it's already installed in your brain!
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