Main points: RPE has become trendy in the strength training community It is often used to solve the shortcomings of % based training It's likely that RPE can only be used accurately by advanced lifters Utilise AMRAP sets to test your ability to subjectively select intensities Over the course of the last 5 - 10 years, the use of the ‘Rate of Perceived Exertion’ scale (or RPE), has become highly popular as a method of prescribing intensity in strength training programmes. Howev