# Can any1 rate my perceived exertion rating? Feels like an 8 looks like a 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Discussion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796 "2018-07-28T22:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tavccp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tavccp](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/tavccp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796/1 "2018-07-28T22:11:26Z")
I’m new to RPE, i’m not sure if i’m rating it right I put below 2 videos of squats and DL. A single of the prior week them the worksets that should’ve been 2sets of 6 reps at 8 and couldn’t do it right, can any1 comment here about the videos belows I think I can do well rating singles of squats but not sets of 6, because the prior week I did 395 and called it an 8 and then tested the correspoding e1RM weight and it was for sure a 10, maybe 9,5. I’m working on form Squats [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/barbellmedicine/original/2X/1/1e4a89e7a07c89dc5541aef9900acd501513c9db.jpeg "week 1 Squat BBM hyper") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nidb1dgKVpQ) DL (the second clip is actually a warm up set at 320@6,5 not 340@7-7,5) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/barbellmedicine/original/2X/a/a02fd0144ddbb21d438f6e1a8c180cb43b719d41.jpeg "RPE Deadlifts week one") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_8Axsh6TK4) For me an 8 is two reps left, also challangeling, the person who observes it will see a difference between the speed of the first and last rep, and a slower speed part in the most difficult part of the lift I see it in my Squat singles, and the DL single at 395 but not when watching the other clips. As the title says it felt higher than it look. So I completly failed doing 6@8x2sets Did instead: @7.5 @8 for squats and not sure about these rpes for the DL I really think that I did not find the 8 Can any1 help? ---
**Author:** ![tfranc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tfranc](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/tfranc)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796/2 "2018-07-29T00:32:35Z")
Best advice I can give is: if it felt like an 8, it’s an 8. Your perception of rpe will change over time and it’s normal to undershoot when you first start. Just keep being honest with yourself and you’ll be fine. Nothing to it ---
**Author:** ![Rent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Rent](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Rent)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796/3 "2018-07-29T00:53:35Z")
> [@tfranc](#): > > Best advice I can give is: if it felt like an 8, it’s an 8. Your perception of rpe will change over time and it’s normal to undershoot when you first start. Just keep being honest with yourself and you’ll be fine. Nothing to it I find i overestimate my rpe so if my video look lighter I reduce the rpe by half but no more .also I don’t know you as a lifter and some lifter can grind out more while others look smooth till it’s not but if those rpe 8 were me they were more like 7s ---
**Author:** ![tfranc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tfranc](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/tfranc)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796/4 "2018-07-29T03:09:42Z")
> [@Rent](#): > > I find i overestimate my rpe so if my video look lighter I reduce the rpe by half but no more .also I don’t know you as a lifter and some lifter can grind out more while others look smooth till it’s not but if those rpe 8 were me they were more like 7s Totally. That’s why unless you’re a coach who’s been evaluating your lifter for a long, long time, basing your RPE on a video is not accurate. It’s the rate of your perceived exertion that you are measuring, not what that exhertion looks like. So when you rack after a set and it’s a 9, then it’s a 9, no matter what it looked like ---
**Author:** ![Dhruv4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/dhruv4/32/859_2.png) [@Dhruv4](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Dhruv4)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796/5 "2018-07-30T13:15:46Z")
I think your deadlift(405) was a rpe 6. Looked easy, but like the others have said my opinion doesn’t really matter when it comes to your perceived exertion. ---
**Author:** ![tavccp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tavccp](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/tavccp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/can-any1-rate-my-perceived-exertion-rating-feels-like-an-8-looks-like-a-7/2796/6 "2018-07-31T12:41:29Z")
Thanks, i’ll not overcomplicate things, i’ll stick with the subjective RPE and forget the videos a little, just came with this thread beacause it was sooo acurate to the squat But I can’t grind a lot, either it is a hard set or complete failed set, even before the bar start moving ( for press, DL and bench ) Thanks yoy all for answering