Questions on GPP

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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I just downloaded the 7 week endurance template and was wondering if RPE can be equated to a target heart rate range for conditioning? For me at least this would be easier than trying to gauge effort level during conditioning sessions. Or is it more nuanced?

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JMarshall,

RPE actually started out as a proxy for HR when using the 6-20 scale. A value of 10, for example, would be ~100bpm, whereas a value of 15 would be ~150bpm.

In any event, I don’t think heart rate values accurately encapsulate the effort level of a task and so I’d use RPE, not HR.

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Thanks Jordan. So, gauge effort by how hard it is to speak, etc.?

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That is one way to do it, though again I wouldn’t try to use just one factor to gauge effort. Rather, “How hard am I working right now compared to how hard I could go” would be what I recommend.

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