Powerlifting tools
Work out your IPF GL Points and DOTS, and estimate your one rep max. Free, right in your browser.
IPF GL Points calculator
Enter your bodyweight and your total. You instantly see your IPF GL Points, your DOTS score and which weight class you fall into.
IPF GL formula (2020) and DOTS. Official results always take precedence.
What are IPF GL Points?
A 59 kg lifter with a 500 kg total is relatively a lot stronger than a 120 kg lifter with the same total. To compare that fairly, the IPF has used the GL formula since 2020. It converts your total into a score, taking into account your bodyweight, your sex, classic or equipped, and the event.
Among other things, the IPF uses GL Points to decide the Best Lifter at a meet. A score of around 100 means you’re competing at world level. Most club lifters score between 50 and 80.
What about DOTS?
DOTS is a different formula that’s widely used outside the IPF, for example on OpenPowerlifting. The idea is the same, only the maths differs. That’s why you see both above. You’ll still hear about Wilks now and then, but the IPF no longer uses that formula.
1RM calculator
Enter how many kilos you lifted for how many reps. You get an estimate of your max and the weights for your training percentages.
Average of Epley and Brzycki. Loading chart with a 20 kg bar and 2.5 kg collars, like at a meet.
How reliable is an estimated 1RM?
A 1RM calculator works back from a set of several reps to a single maximum rep. Up to about five reps that’s pretty accurate. Beyond that it becomes more and more of a guess, because endurance plays a bigger role. So use the estimate to pick your training weights, not as a replacement for a real max on the platform.
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