Powerlifting Formulas

Check this article to learn more about formulas.

Formulas were heavily inspired on OpenPowerlifting Coefficients Crate

Getting started

Install this package with you favorite package manager

npm install powerlifting-formulas
yarn add powerlifting-formulas
pnpm install powerlifting-formulas

Then use it like so:

import { wilks } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

// calculate wilks for 82.5kg male lifer with 680kg lifted
wilks(82.5, 680, 'male') // default is kg
// calculate wilks for 120lbs female lifer with 425lbs lifted
wilks(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')

Formulas

All formulas have the same signature:

export type Formula = (weight: number, total: number, gender: 'male' | 'female', mass?: 'kg' | 'lb') => number

Wilks before 2020

import { wilks } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

wilks(82.5, 680, 'male')
wilks(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')

Wilks After 2020

import { wilks2020 } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

wilks2020(82.5, 680, 'male')
wilks2020(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')

DOTS

import { dots } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

dots(82.5, 680, 'male')
dots(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')

Reshel

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ Reshel might be a bit off. At worst, it is off by about six Reshel points (0.01), affecting middleweights.

import { reshel } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

reshel(82.5, 680, 'male')
reshel(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')

Glossbrenner

import { glossbrenner } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

glossbrenner(82.5, 680, 'male')
glossbrenner(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')

Schwartz-Malone

import { schwartzMalone } from 'powerlifting-formulas'

schwartzMalone(82.5, 680, 'male')
schwartzMalone(120, 425, 'female', 'lb')