Borg's scale

One of the biggest single mistakes we make when we start to exercise is not that we dont put enough effort in. In fact its the exact opposite. People who are not used to regular exercise nealry always work too hard when they begin a new programme. This is because the level of exercise we need to maintain is actually a lot lower than many people believe. Working out too hard inevitably means that we either injure ourselves or we become so exhausted that we associate exercise in our minds with hard work and we put off keeping up with our good intentions.

The Borg Scale is a simple method of rating your perceived exertion and we use it to measure how hard you are working when exercising at FitStart. This helps us help you in reaching your weight loss reduction target like nothing else. Once you become familiar with how it works it will become the single most exciting thing you learn at FitStart. Only you will be able to tell how hard you are working so it will require some honesty on your part.

The Borg Perceived Exertion Scale gives you an idea of how hard your exercise feels. If it feels light (less than 3), you should increase the pace of your exercise, walking, biking, swimming, etc. If the exercise feels hard (5 or greater), you need to slow the pace. Exercise should feel somewhat hard (4). This is one of the many techniques you will learn at FitStart to make sure that you know how at what level to exercise when you leave us. We will help you understand what signs to look for in your body to help you understand what level on the Borg scale you are working out at.

10 Point Scale

0 - Nothing at all - sitting down and watching TV
1 - Very light - Walking from one room to the next
2 - Fairly light - Walking up stairs
3 - Moderate - Walking at a fast pace
4 - Somewhat hard - Running
5 - Hard - Running up stairs
6
7 - Very hard - Sprinting
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10 - Very, very hard - Sprinting whilst carrying weights

Borg's scale

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