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Reference Guide to Exercise Intensity
An In-Depth Look at Heart Rate, RPE and the Talk Test
29 Comments
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"And what if you are walking 17 mph but it is all hills (up and down)"
That's some pretty fast walking!!!
My doctor told me to forget the calculations and heart monitor devices and let your body tell you (as long as you are pushing yourself).
and basically, you know when you are pushing yourself when " you can answer a question, but not comfortably carry on a conversation."
the most important thing here is I got my doctor's advice. - 2/24/2015 4:44:27 PM -
"Using this method, the goal is to work at a level where you can answer a question, but not comfortably carry on a conversation."
This should be printed on little laminated cards and affixed to every piece of exercise equipment at the gym, for the benefit of the chatty fatty workout buddies.
Quit your yapping and get to work!! - 2/24/2015 8:54:15 AM -
very informative and things I needed to know before I over do my exercises. - 2/7/2015 12:17:13 PM
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Although I have read this article previously, there were many things I had forgotten. A great deal of useful information. - 7/7/2013 3:06:52 PM
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I enjoyed this article so much and a lot tof the information I did not know. Thank you - 5/28/2013 8:07:53 AM
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This article is very useful to me as I am on Beta blockers and I have actually been using the Perceived rate of exertion without knowing. I have come to know when I have to back off, usuallt if I start wheezing or whatever. Very useful article. Thank you. Oh, and I still have been able to improve my cardio capacity using this method! - 12/29/2012 1:49:01 PM
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KANDIKAKE
This article was very helpful - 11/8/2012 2:28:09 PM -
Great article. I learned something new again. - 10/28/2012 5:13:58 PM
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DOINITRIGHT2012
great article. - 9/1/2012 5:07:19 PM -
Great article. Thanks! - 7/27/2012 12:55:49 PM
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HPSANDDOLLAR
I learned something. - 6/10/2012 9:22:48 AM -
And what if you are walking 17 mph but it is all hills (up and down) -- and fairly steep ones at that? I guess I have to use the perceived exertion scale. I am just not going to be doing any calculations on my heart rate. - 5/13/2012 6:12:12 PM
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Frankly I find the math of all of this very hard to take there has to be an easier way. I do have a heart rate monitor but every time i wear it i react to it. No matter how much I clean it. I am reluctant to buy another one because it will likely happen aagain. Pat in Maine.
I love most of the articles I read but the complcations using metric and standard just confuse the old head. - 4/30/2012 7:55:28 AM -
sorry, correction:
(60%-80%)
for the first method 96-128
for second: 118-139
That's still a difference of 11-12 BPM, which is a big difference! - 4/25/2012 3:13:25 PM -
Did anyone notice that the target heart rate for the same 40 year old woman was way less at moderate (60%) level in the first example than 50% (easier level) in the second????????
SOMETHING is way off here! Figuring out my own rate, as a 60 year old with a RHR of 56, and who walks steadily, most days for over an hour) with the first calculation I get (for the 60-80%range) 107-128 BPM as Target. This matches what I FEEL when walking (in my aerobic walks I average 97-116, MAXIMUM 125).
In the second, I get a whooping 118 minimum, up to 138 for 80% What I can't fiqure out is why the second method, which takes heart rate into account, I would expect to have a LOWER result (as my heart rate is low....).
- 4/25/2012 2:43:43 PM
