Weight Lifting Brzycki’s formula is used by weight lifters to determine the weight M that is equivalent in a single repetition to n repetitions of a weight w. the formula is
It applies for up to
In this exercise, we consider a weight lifter who bench-presses several repetitions of
a. What single bench-press weight M corresponds to 5 repetitions of this weight?
b. What number of repetitions of this weight corresponds to a single bench press of 278.75 pounds?
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