One-rep max calculator
Five published formulas, shown together. They disagree, and the size of that disagreement is the most useful thing on this page.
How the formulas work
Every rep-max formula is a curve fitted to a group of people, then applied to you. They agree closely at three to five reps, which is what they were built on, and drift apart fast above ten — by twelve reps the spread between the highest and lowest estimate is routinely 10%.
So the honest output is a range. If four formulas say 110 to 118 kg, your max is somewhere in there, and the way to find out precisely is to work up to it under a spotter, not to trust a page.
| Formula | Published |
|---|---|
| Epley | Epley, 1985 |
| Brzycki | Brzycki, 1993 |
| Lombardi | Lombardi, 1989 |
| O'Conner | O'Conner et al., 1989 |
| Mayhew | Mayhew et al., 1992 |