Rate of Perceived Exertion, Lecture notes of Personal Health

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aac Taare esc RATE OF PERCEIVED EXERTION (RPE) i Description Time of possible work _ Training Zones 4_| Almost stil No limit, 2_| Easy - Walking pace All day Zone 1 3_| Quite easy - you are breathing Hours and hours Zone 2 4 |Alittle more difficult than 3 Alittle less than 3 Zone 2 5_| You're working - medium breathing ‘A number of hours Zone 3 6 | Abit harder than 5 Limited hours Zone 3 7_| You feel that it is hard work About an hour Zone 4 8 _| Difficult - heavy breathing Up to 30° Zone 4+ 9 | Difficult to maintain - laboured breathing Minutes Zone 5 10 | You feel that you're about to die Less than a minute Zone 5+ RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION (RPE) Borg's Scale (Gunner borg 1982): Modified Borg Scale: