Question on 'talk test' for perceived exertion.

[kathryn]

I've always heard that you should be able to say 3-7 words to check to see that you are staying in the aerobic zone, but the nit-picker in me wonders...how many syllables total?

"I hate to work too much" is 6 words, and 6 syllables.

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is an enormously long word" is also 6 words, but 22 syllables!

(I usually just say the beginning of "Mary had a little lamb"--5 words and 7 syllables).

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Oh my Kathryn, thank goodness its Friday :7

 

[fitnessangel]

Too funny

I think that you need to say,"suoicodilaipxecitsiligarfilacrepus" in order to pass the test (just kidding and it is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards)

I certainly don't think this much when I workout!