Originally Posted by
kindablue
This is being nit-picky, but isn't RPE measured on a scale from 6-20 (or at least thats the evidenced backed way)? Thats how I learned it in school, and how I saw it in the "training bible." So I suppose my question is
---> does anyone else out there use the 6-20 scale for endurance training (running, cycling, etc) or is it just me?
For the record, I find nothing wrong with someone using a 1-10 scale for personal training use.
Yes, the official Borg scale is as follows:
- 6 - 20% effort
- 7 - 30% effort - Very, very light (Rest)
- 8 - 40% effort
- 9 - 50% effort - Very light - gentle walking
- 10 - 55% effort
- 11 - 60% effort - Fairly light
- 12 - 65% effort
- 13 - 70% effort - Somewhat hard - steady pace
- 14 - 75% effort
- 15 - 80% effort - Hard
- 16 - 85% effort
- 17 - 90% effort - Very hard
- 18 - 95% effort
- 19 - 100% effort - Very, very hard
- 20 - Exhaustion
The Spinervals and CTS training videos refer to it in the 10 point scale. I suppose either works as long as one uses the same scale all the time
