Subjective Monitoring Questions and
Complete Solutions Graded A+
external load - Answer: athlete's performance output
ex. movement and activity counts during session
means by which internal load is induced
internal load - Answer: within-exercise biochemical and biomechanical response to external load
perception - Answer: elaboration of elementary experiences provided by sensory system
active process of detailing and organizing sensorial info within brain to give a meaning
perception of effort/sense of effort/perceived exertion - Answer: conscious sensation of how hard and
strenuous a physical task is
perceived exertion depends mainly on how hard or easy it feels to either ____ - Answer: breathe or
contract the working limbs
session RPE (sRPE) - Answer: post-hoc appraisal of effort experienced during period of training or
competition
limitation and benefit of sRPE - Answer: doesnt accurately reflect structure-specific nature of different
exercise modalities, but provides global measure that is useful for understanding how athlete perceived
and tolerated the load
category scale - Answer: verbal labels assigned to a number on an interval scale