The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
So put on a load that you think is kind of close to your maximum and just do it for as many reps as you can. As long as it's under five reps total, you can then actually go online and enter that into any number of calculators anywhere, and it will tell you, OK, you did three repetitions at 200 pounds. Your one-rep max is probably 215, whatever.
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
it's important to point out by the way that you don't have to train at a one rep max to increase your strength and you don't have to actually measure at that level in other words you could you could see how much you could do something for five reps and that would allow you to impute or estimate what you could do for one rep and if you're a powerlifter who's competing in a sport where you have to do that that of course that would be insufficient but for for those of us that are not powerlifters you know knowing what we could do for you know our best five reps is a good enough proxy for then you know calculating what our one rep max would look like