Is your workout difficult enough?

March 27th, 2007          Email This Post        Print This Post

Neil Alejandro

Fitz K posted a simple way to see if your workout is difficult enough - its called the Talk Test.

For the average healthy individual who is trying to improve overall fitness, including cardiovascular and lung capacity, these are the rules.

• If you can have a full blown conversation during an aerobic workout you should be working harder.
• If you can’t talk at all, even to scream “help!”, you are working too hard.
• If you are huffing and puffing, but still have enough wind to tell your partner or trainer, “I can’t wait to get this over with”…your pace is juuuuuust right.

Read more about the Talk Test.

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