We use RPE, along with our data and machine learning to get better and better at guiding you to Peak Performance. “How did that feel?” Our scale is as follows: RPE of 1 to RPE of 3: Easy, Recovery RPE of 4 to RPE of 6: Moderate, Endurance RPE of 7 to RPE of 9: Hard RPE of 10: Maximum effort Data and measurement is great, but you can’t risk losing the connection to how you “feel”. If you ask the best coaches and sports scientists in the world (and we did) if they could have only one metric to measure an athlete's progress after a workout, the answer is always RPE. “How did that feel?” No data or tool can truly know how something really felt for you. No data or tool can truly know how something really felt for you. Essentially it’s the most accurate way to measure how hard an activity was for you. This is beyond what you even thought was possible.Ī: RPE stands for Rate of Perceived Exertion. RPE 10: Max effort – This is everything you have. All the usual suspects were in this race, including a couple of riders who had committed with me to trying to make an early race breakaway stick. RPE 9: Very Very Hard – Borderline Maximum effort here. We are a locally owned and operated bike shop in Loveland, Colorado that focuses on providing excellent customer service. Winning breakaway: 310 Peak power 104 FTP for 7 minutes Early Race Breakaway In the first highlighted section you can see me becoming the most hated rider of the day. This ride was as hard as you can go without doing real damage. Recovery from this ride is likely needed. This ride was hard and you might need some recovery depending on the previous days. RPE 5: Moderate – OK, here the talking starts to get harder. This ride wasn’t easy but it definitely wasn’t hard. RPE 4: Moderate – You can still talk here but it’s a little more labored. You can ride and hold a pace here, with a conversation, for hours and hours.

Your muscles are engaged but there’s no pressure or stress on your legs or lungs at all. The ratings we use are about how the ride ‘felt’ and are: RPE 1: Very Easy – This is an easy, breezy effort. The basics of RPE are an estimation, on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being essentially a ‘walk in the park’ and 10 being an all out, over what you thought possible puke-fest effort. We have so much data but if you ask the best coaches (and we have) they’ll tell you the single best metric for assessing a ride is ‘On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was that ride for you?’. A: RPE, or ‘Rate of Perceived Effort’ is the single best measure of what a workout was for you.

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