RPE
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# Rating of Perceived Exertion
- RPE is a measurement of how many reps you will stay short of failure. An RPE of 8 means stop the set when you could perform 2 more reps.
1st Set RPE means how many reps short of failure you should do on your first set. If you do this right, though your subsequent sets will be harder, you should be able to use the same load for all your sets.
- ::10:: Could not do more reps or load without form failure
- ::9.5:: Could not do more reps, could do slightly more load
- ::9:: Could do 1 more rep
- ::8.5:: Could definitely do 1 more reps, chance at 2
- ::8:: Could do 2 more reps
- ::7.5:: Could definitely do 2 more reps, chance at 3
- ::7:: Could do 3 more reps
- ::5-6:: Could do 4-6 more reps
- ::1-4:: Very light to light effort