{"id":11998,"date":"2022-10-07T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/?post_type=wiki&#038;p=11998"},"modified":"2026-10-15T18:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:45:51","slug":"holten-diagram","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/holten-diagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Holten Diagram"},"featured_media":11999,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"class_list":["post-11998","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"free_access":"","app_link":"","sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"page-header-detail-page","background":{"background_image":11999,"background_image_alt_text":"Holten Diagram"},"heading":"Holten Diagram | 1 Repetition Maximum (1RM) Calculation","subheading":"Clinimetrics","content_editor":"","button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Check our shop","button_style":"button-five","button_internal_link":4646,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":null,"label":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"submenu","links":[{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Learn","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-3","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Free sample","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-5","button_url":"","button_file":null},{"button_type":"anchor","button_label":"Assessment E-Book","button_internal_link":null,"button_anchor":"section-number-6","button_url":"","button_file":null}],"dropdown_label":"Go to","button_right":{"button_type":"internal_link","button_label":"Try Premium free","button_style":"button-three","button_internal_link":26802,"button_anchor":"","button_url":"","button_file":""},"button_description":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>Learn<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<h6>Holten Diagram | 1 Repetition Maximum (1RM) Calculation<\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1RM is the maximal weight an individual can move during a specific exercise. As we are talking about the absolute maximum, testing for it can be dangerous and therefore is rarely done in practice. This is where a submaximal 1RM test using the Holten diagram comes into play.\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The individual is going to perform the exercise with moderate weight for the maximum number of repetitions possible.\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the Holten diagram, we can calculate the 1RM based on the number of repetitions performed with moderate weight.<\/span>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pGkY6NVR27E[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say I was able to benchpress 80KG for 10 repetitions.\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the Holten diagram 10 repetitions at 80KG are around 80% of my 1RM.<\/span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Holten-Diagram.jpg\" alt=\"Holten diagram\" width=\"720\" height=\"543\" \/>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then the 1RM is calculated as follows:<\/span>\n\nLifted weight * (100% \/ percentage of repetitions in the Holten diagram) =\n\n80kg * (100%\/80%) = 80 x 1,25 = 100kg\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means I should be able to lift 100kg ones. 100kg is my estimated 1 repitition maximum so to speak.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, if you are interested in more clinimetrics topics, make sure to check out how to calculate target heartrate using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiotutors.com\/wiki\/karvonen-formula\/\">karvonen formula<\/a>.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"content-content","section_options":{"vertical_alignment":"top","column_right_box":false,"column_left_width":"col-12 col-lg-4 offset"},"column_left":{"content_editor":"<h4>References<\/h4>"},"column_right":{"content_editor":"<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3387734\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karvonen J, Vuorimaa T. Heart rate and exercise intensity during sports activities. 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