Estimate your one-rep max

Three formulas, three answers a few percent apart. Seeing all three is more honest than picking one and calling it exact.

How One Rep Max Calculator works

The numbers are put through a published formula and the formula is printed beside the result. Nothing is sent to a clinician, an insurer or an advertiser — and nothing is stored for later. That is also the limit of it: an estimate cannot examine you, and it says so on the page.

That is the whole architecture: static files, one script, no upload endpoint to leak or log. Close the tab and the work is gone.

Good to know

  • Works offline once loaded, including on flights and in locked-down networks.
  • No file size limit beyond your device's own memory.
  • Free to use, with no account and no usage counter.
  • Results are produced locally, so they are not logged or shared with anyone.

Questions

Why do the formulas disagree?

Each was fitted to a different dataset. Epley is simple and drifts high above ten reps; Brzycki is closer for low reps; Lombardi is a power curve. The average is the least wrong single number.

How accurate is it?

Within a few percent for sets of 1–10 reps. Above ten reps the estimate becomes guesswork, because endurance starts to dominate.

Is it safe to test a true max?

Only with a spotter, a warm-up and a rack with safety bars. The estimate exists so you do not have to find out the hard way.

Is this medical or training advice?

No. It is arithmetic on one set.

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