Validation Of An Easy Test to Administer

During the warm up with my clients, I administer one of the easiest tests any Personal Trainer can perform - Talk Test.  It is simple, to gauge that an individual is exerting themselves effectively, I try to maintain constant communication with them while they warm up.  A study conducted by Quinn and Coons further validated the use of the test.  In addition, they found that there was a link between ones lactate threshold and when they begin to have difficulty talking.


New data tests the exercise 'talk test'
ScienceDaily (2011-09-13) -- New research by exercise scientists confirms that a low-tech, easy-to-administer test is an effective tool for gauging exercise intensity, but that it does not correspond as neatly as previously assumed to other more objective tests. Researchers set out to learn how good the so-called "Talk Test" is and how it compared to two other laboratory-tested measures of intensity, the lactate threshold and the ventilatory threshold.