Exercise Intensity

The Best and Worst Ways to Measure a Workout

Sore muscles, target heart rate, calorie burn, and more. Our expert sounds off on the legitimate and not-so-legitimate ways we assess a workout well done
By Emily G. W. Chau fitbie
 

If You Threw Up

It’s hardly helpful if you push your body to the point that you throw up, and yet some of us still see it as a right of passage (CrossFit community, we’re looking at you). Sure you want to approach your workout with good energy and intensity, but if you’re actually making your body sick, something is wrong. Plus, when you exercise so hard that you can’t keep your food down, the unpleasantness of the experience can derail you from sticking to a routine, says Matthews.

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