When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty/Ben Welsh If you’ve never heard of RPE before, it simply stands for Rate of ...

The current recommendations from the US Department of Health and Human Services say adults should aim to get 150 to 300 minutes of moderate physical activity, 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous physical ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. A few weeks ago, I ...

We all know how important exercise is to our overall health. While putting in the time to exercise is important, you also need to monitor how hard you’re working. One way to track your effort is with ...

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 basic ...

This is Your Quick Training Tip, a chance to learn how to work smarter in just a few moments so you can get right to your workout. Tracking your heart rate while exercising is an efficient way to ...

If you’ve ever thought to yourself during a workout, wow this is super challenging, a 10 out of 10 for sure, you’ve actually been using RPE (rate of perceived exertion) to measure your exercise ...

Okay, so you’ve gotten a few weeks of strength training under your belt and you’ve documented your one-rep-max for those big barbell lifts. To progress toward the next PR, you’ll typically lift a ...

There are so many fitness devices and metrics out there these days that it can be hard to keep up. But some experts think that a simpler way of measuring how hard we’re working – or your rate of ...