maximum effort

Example Sentences

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Coaches will always want their teams to apply maximum effort but depending on the tactics they employ, effort may present as moments of intensity rather than sheer distance ran.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

To maximize results, aim to push your heart rate to around 90% of your maximum effort during the intense intervals, then allow yourself enough time to recover before the next one.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025

Esposito puts in maximum effort, muscling out a performance that exhibits his full range of dramatic capability despite prosaic scripts stringing together phrases you’ve heard in other shows and movies, and not necessarily superior ones.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

Every day, the researchers had the children do 15 minutes on the treadmill or stationary bike at about 50 percent of their maximum effort, then 10 minutes of drills for their respective sport.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2024

Like being truly clean and truly free as far as maximum effort.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger