The Claim

Resistance-trained individuals exhibit high accuracy in predicting repetitions-in-reserve during bench press exercise, with an absolute mean error of 0.65 ± 0.78 repetitions and a minor tendency for underprediction.

Source: Accuracy of Intraset Repetitions-in-Reserve Predictions During the Bench Press Exercise in Resistance-Trained Male and Female Subjects

What the research says

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Supports
21score
Challenges
0score

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Description
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In plain English

People who lift weights regularly are pretty good at guessing how many more reps they could do during bench press, usually only off by less than one rep, and they tend to guess a bit too low.

See the scientific wording

Resistance-trained individuals demonstrate high accuracy when predicting repetitions-in-reserve (RIR) during bench press exercise, with an absolute mean error of 0.65 ± 0.78 repetitions and a minor tendency for underprediction.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Accuracy of Intraset Repetitions-in-Reserve Predictions During the Bench Press Exercise in Resistance-Trained Male and Female Subjects

    The study shows that people who lift weights are good at guessing how many more reps they can do during bench press, with very small errors, just like the claim says.

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