Aerobic Heart Rate

If you don't have a (Heart Rate Monitor), the Borg scale of perceived exertion is another way of determining how hard you are working.

Using your own subjective Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) on a scale of 6-20 or a scale of 0-10, you determine how hard you *feel* you are working.

As a simple guide, if you can't talk, then your working hard, and likely to be close to your anerobic level, if you'er able to say a few words, then your likely to be at your upper end of your aerobic level, whereas if you can have a comfortable conversation, then your not really working that hard.

Aim to be working within your aerobic zone for as long as you can to help with weight management programs and getting your fitness level up, combining the last few minutes of your workout with an increase in effort to help improve your fitness level. Always make sure that any effort increase is within your own fitness capability.