Baylor College of Medicine

Introducing the Anxiety Intensity Scale

Anxiety is often not an all-or-nothing feeling. Just like other emotions, anxiety exists along a continuum with different levels of intensity. You can picture this continuum using the anxiety ...
Runner's World

What is the ‘talk test’ and why is it a valuable tool in judging exercise intensity?

When running with a friend, you’ve probably noticed that the warmup is the best time to catch up on life events or share weekend plans. Once you increase your speed or charge up a hill, it’s much ...
BMJ

Quantifying the relative intensity of free-living physical activity: differences across age, association with mortality and clinical interpretation—an observational study

Objectives To describe age-related differences in the absolute and relative intensity of physical activity (PA) and associations with mortality. Methods UK Biobank participants with ...
The Conversation

Heart rate zones aren’t a perfect measure of exercise intensity, but regularly getting your heart pumping is still important for fitness

Jason Sawyer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
BMJ

Can quantifying the relative intensity of a person’s free-living physical activity predict how they respond to a physical activity intervention? Findings from the PACES RCT

Objectives To determine whether quantifying both the absolute and relative intensity of accelerometer-assessed physical activity (PA) can inform PA interventions. We hypothesised that individuals ...