intense exercise
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For cardio any sustained exercise that gets your heart rate over 80% max is pretty intense. For weights it would be an exercise using weights that caused you to "fail" ie. not be able to complete a final repetition in your last set. Say you were bench pressing 200lbs and doing 3 sets of 10 repetitions if you were unable to complete the 10th press on your 3 set that would considered intense. When doing weights consider lowering your rest period between sets and exercises to keep your heart rate well above your resting heart rate.
For cardio any sustained exercise that gets your heart rate over 80% max is pretty intense. For weights it would be an exercise using weights that caused you to "fail" ie. not be able to complete a final repetition in your last set. Say you were bench pressing 200lbs and doing 3 sets of 10 repetitions if you were unable to complete the 10th press on your 3 set that would considered intense. When doing weights consider lowering your rest period between sets and exercises to keep your heart rate well above your resting heart rate.