New research by exercise scientists confirms that a low-tech, easy-to-administer test is an effective tool for gauging
exercise intensity, but that it does not correspond as neatly as previously assumed to other more objective tests. Researchers set out to learn how good the so-called "Talk Test" is and how it compared to two other laboratory-tested measures of intensity, the
lactate threshold and the ventilatory threshold.
"If you can still talk comfortably, you're exercising in a zone that's appropriate for improving fitness in individuals beginning an exercise program," Quinn says. "The Talk Test is a good tool, and it's easy to use."
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Source: ScienceDaily (Sep. 13, 2011)
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