Borg scale 1 - 10

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Perceived Exertion (PE) Scale 1 - 10

RPE Examples

Rating Perceived Exertion - RPE Chart 

  1. RPE 1 - Very Easy

  1. All Day Pace

  1. RPE 2 - Easy

  2. .

  3. RPE 3 -

  1. 4 - 6 Hour Pace

  1. RPE 4 - Moderate

  2. .

  3. RPE 5 - Hard

  1. 1 - 3 Hour Pace


  1. :30 - 60 min. efforts

  1. RPE 6 -

  2. .

  3. RPE 7 - Very Hard

  1. 3 - 8 min. intervals

  1. RPE 8 -

  2. .

  3. RPE 9 - Extremely Difficult

  4. ..

  5. RPE 10 - Maximum Effort

  1. 30 - 2 min. intervals


5 - 20 sec. intervals

  1. RPE 0 - Resting State

  1. Sleeping

  1. Active Recovery

  1. < Active Recovery

  2. .
    Endurance

  1. Tempo

  1. Lactate Threshold


  3. > Vo2 Max

  1. > Anaerobic Capacity


Neuromuscular Power

  1. Napping