APA 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Circuit Training, Kilogram, Overtraining
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Step 1: exercise mode (type: speci city, weight bearing, other factors: muscles used, availability, safety, etc. Step 2: exercise frequency: general health (every day), moderate intensity (>5), vigorous intensity (>3) Step 3: exercise intensity: speci city, effect on recruitment of muscle bers and fuel source. Different methods of estimating intensity: borg scale (rpe, % hr max (predicted) 220-age as an estimation of heart rate: % mets, power, most accurate is vo2r(reserved) or % hrr(reserved) 6-20 scale: corresponds to an approximate heart rate by multiplying the rpe by 10* 0-10 scale: not associated with a particular heart rate: based on a healthy 20 yr old. It wont work on other people who are not health and are not 20 years old. If a client becomes winded or too out of breath to carry on a conversation, the activity can be considered vigorous.