While there are plenty of fancy gadgets you can use to track your effort in the gym or on a run, there’s one core metric that uses no tech at all: the rate of perceived exertion. RPE in the most ...

The rate of perceived exertion scale, or RPE scale, is a scale for visualizing your exercise intensity. Understanding RPE meaning can help you plan your workouts, including recovery days.

After 20-min of receiving either anodal tDCS applied over the left TC (T3) or sham stimulation, subjects completed a maximal incremental cycling exercise test. RPE, heart rate (HR) and R–R intervals ...

In the final trial, they were not told for how long they would be running but were stopped after 20 minutes (unknown, UN). During each of the running bouts, RPE, oxygen consumption (ml/kg/min), heart ...