Tag: rpe
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Why Your Most Compliant Athletes Are the Hardest to Coach
An athlete who never misses a session and never complains is not necessarily an athlete without a problem. Research on overreaching shows highly motivated athletes systematically under-report strain, concealing risk that a coach relying on compliance alone will not see.
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When RPE and Readiness Scores Disagree, Which One Do You Trust?
RPE and wearable readiness scores measure different things, and expecting them to always agree misunderstands what each is built to do. This article covers where they typically diverge, why, and a practical framework for what to do when an athlete’s self-report and their device disagree.
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When the Plan Meets the Athlete: Autoregulation in Practice
Autoregulation adjusts training to the athlete in front of you rather than to numbers set weeks ago. This article covers the main methods, what the evidence supports, and the reporting distortion that quietly undermines every one of them.
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HRV Explained for Coaches: What It Actually Measures, When to Use It, and When to Ignore It
HRV is a genuinely useful coaching tool. It’s also widely misunderstood. Here’s what the research says about when to act on it, when to ignore it, and how to combine it with RPE for a clearer picture.
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Reps in reserve
Reps in reserve is the strength-training cousin of Borg’s perceived exertion scale, applied per set rather than per session. Unlike the other measurement instruments in this series, RIR has no single inventor — it came from a coach in 2008, a research group in 2012, and another in 2016. A history of how a powerlifting…