The impact of test loads on the accuracy of 1RM prediction using the load-velocity relationship.
Mark G L SayersMichel SchlaeppiMarina HitzSilvio LorenzettiPublished in: BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation (2018)
These preliminary findings indicate that exercise programmers working with normal healthy populations can accurately predict Smith Machine 1RM bench press strength using relatively light load Smith Machine BP-T testing, avoiding the need to expose their clients to potentially injurious loads.