Cardio Exercise Intensity

I get questions all the time about how hard people should be doing their cardio exercise. I could get into complicated heartrate equations and talking about cardiovascular exercise testing to find maximal oxygen uptake capacity, but the quickest and easiest for me is the rating of perceived exertion. It’s a scale from one to twenty that subjectively measures how hard you are working and can be associated back to heartrate. A number between 12-14 usually is a good level for most people. If you’d like to read an article about how to use the rating for perceived exertion, there is a very good one on About.com by Elizabeth Quinn. Click here to get full article.

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