Coaching practices for Rpe Circuit Training

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• My single quick circuit has become the whole of my exercise, and I’m genuinely wondering if that’s actually enough to get fitter or if I’ve just been telling myself it is.
• When I tell my coach a session "felt hard" they can’t tell if it was the weight or just me being tired, and we keep talking past each other
• My program says lift a fixed percentage, but my strength swings day to day
• The same weights I’ve always handled fine are suddenly feeling brutal week after week, and I keep telling myself it’s just a bad day
• Today’s "easy" workout on the plan is wrecking me

Practices that may help

1. The RPE Scale
   The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale translates subjective exercise intensity into a standardized number that correlates reliably with heart rate, lactate, and VO2. Using RPE alongside or instead of heart rate lets you autoregulate training load based on how you actually feel — accounting for fatigue, stress, sleep, and illness that devices cannot detect. The scale’s validity is well established in exercise science.
2. Do multiple rounds when fitness is the goal
   The original paper recommends 2-3 rounds for a meaningful fitness stimulus — one circuit is a floor, not a ceiling.
   The 7-Minute Workout, Made Practical
3. Use RPE as a communication language with coaches and training partners
   A shared RPE vocabulary turns subjective experience into objective programming data that a coach can act on.
   The RPE Scale
4. Use RPE to set strength training load instead of fixed percentages
   An RPE 8 on a squat means two reps left in the tank — this calibrates load to your actual state on that day.
   The RPE Scale
5. Use post-session RPE review to detect overreaching early
   Track the RPE drift across a training block — rising RPE at the same load is the earliest signal of overreaching.
   The RPE Scale
6. Autoregulate daily training load using RPE
   If a planned moderate session feels like an 8/10 instead of the usual 6/10, your body is telling you something — adjust the session accordingly.
   The RPE Scale
7. Progress the workout without extending the time
   Increase difficulty by harder exercise variations, more reps per interval, and reduced rest — not by adding minutes.
   The 7-Minute Workout, Made Practical
8. Use RPE to set cardio intensity without heart rate monitors
   Target RPE 5–6 for aerobic base, 7–8 for tempo, 9–10 for intervals — all without needing a heart rate monitor.
   The RPE Scale
9. Master the core 12-exercise HICT circuit
   The original protocol: 12 bodyweight exercises, 30 seconds each, 10-second rest between — done right, it is genuinely hard.
   The 7-Minute Workout, Made Practical
10. Calibrate the Borg scale to your actual physiology
    The 6–20 Borg scale (or 0–10 RPE) only works if you know what each number feels like in your own body.
    The RPE Scale

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