Percentile-Based Normative Standards for Strength Assessment Beyond Linear Bodyweight Multipliers in Competitive Powerlifters
Simone Montenegro, Pamela Wicker, Tim Wiedenmann, Ludwig Rappelt, Lars Donath · 2026
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Description
Simone Montenegro and co-authors set strength norms for powerlifters in this 2026 study. Lifters often judge themselves by bodyweight multipliers, a load divided by body mass. Relative strength falls in a curve as body mass rises, so one fixed bar is unfair across sizes.
The team analyzed best-ever results from more than one hundred thousand drug-tested classic lifters. Quantile models built percentile bands for each lift across the mass range. Athletes were also sorted into current federation weight classes. The atlas gives reference loads by lift, sex, and class at four percentile levels. Share of each lift in the total was charted as well.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Simone Montenegro, Pamela Wicker, Tim Wiedenmann, Ludwig Rappelt, Lars Donath |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |