HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training (2015)
PART 1
GETTING STARTED & UNDERSTANDING HIIT
6 WORKOUT INTENSITY GUIDE
It is necessary to exercise at a recommended intensity to achieve the benefits of HIIT.
Gauging exercise intensity can be difficult, expensive, and time consuming, yet all you need to do is learn about and adapt one of the best-kept secrets of the fitness world: THE RATE OF PERCEIVED EXERTION SCALE. This RPE scale simply allows you to monitor the level of intensity you are training at so that you can ensure you are working out at the correct intensity for the HIIT workouts.
I suggest you familiarize yourself with this scale because we refer to these levels throughout the book, and each individual workout lists the RPE level you should be training at.
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Nothing at all (sitting on the sofa) |
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Very, very light |
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Very light (gentle exercises) |
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Moderate |
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Somewhat hard (feeling a little out of breath) |
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Hard (unable to hold a conversation) |
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Very hard |
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Very, very hard |
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Near exhaustion |
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10 |
Maximum |
RATE OF PERCEIVED EXERTION SCALE
Note: We never need to enter level 9 or above, and exercising at those levels is not recommended.