Intensity vs arousal: Are you using either one of these words correctly?

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Jim McDonald

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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“Intensity” has a specific meaning as related to lifting – a much different meaning than in the rest of the world – yet lifters misuse it all the time. The same is true of “arousal.” That one might spark a bit of a giggle, but when it comes to lifting, it’s deadly serious. Are you using these words correctly? Avi Lieu (@avi.lieu ) joined us for this one.

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0:00.0	Okay, I got one, yeah, when people talk about intensity in lifting, what do they actually
0:19.2	mean?
0:20.2	Because I think that just anybody, because I don't think that they're, I don't think everyone's
0:25.5	talking about the same thing.
0:27.8	intensity in an exercise science term is like proximity to failure, yeah, yeah, how much
0:34.4	weight?
0:35.4	Yeah.
0:36.4	Like RPE?
0:37.4	Yeah, RPE is a way to scale intensity, percentage is a way to scale intensity, yeah.
0:44.6	I don't know what people are thinking, but because everyone wants to be a coach now and
0:47.9	they don't necessarily know the basics, yeah, intensity or like how difficult something
0:52.0	is or how heavy something is.
0:54.0	And I think that what it's seen as is, is the attitude while they're lifting.
1:03.0	No way.
1:04.0	People are using it in the term.
1:05.4	Maybe.
1:06.4	I think that people do use it in that context.
1:07.7	I mean, you use it in that context when you're talking about like other sports, right?
1:11.6	If you're talking about like your football team's defense, like, hey, we got to come out
1:15.0	with some intensity.
1:16.0	But even that, if you want to like break it down, is like, yeah, how hard you're going
1:20.8	to go, right?
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