Turning reps into weight makes progress visible
A pull-up loads you with a fixed weight, your own, so counting reps alone leaves it unclear how much stronger you have become. Treating the load you lift while hanging as your bodyweight and feeding it through a rep-to-max formula converts your current set into a weighted pull-up figure. This page estimates the total max from bodyweight and max reps, subtracts bodyweight to give the added load, and builds a table of estimated loads for 1, 3, 5, 8 and 10 reps. Add a target rep count and it also returns the total max that target implies and the shortfall.
Both the Epley and the Brzycki formula are applied (as of October 2026). They agree closely at low rep counts and separate as reps climb, so both appear side by side with the gap between them. Counting the full bodyweight as the load is an approximation; the measured load is a little lower than bodyweight.
No grade or level is assigned and no week-by-week plan is produced. The converted load is a reference point for setting targets, nothing more. Weighted pull-ups raise the strain on shoulders and elbows, so add weight in small steps with a belt or vest and skip any load that breaks your position.
Frequently asked questions
It means going past your current estimated max would need a load lighter than your bodyweight. Read it as the amount a band or an assist machine would have to take off for those reps to be possible.
No. There is no official grading table for pull-ups, and the charts circulating online are percentiles of reps that users of one site uploaded about themselves. This page therefore converts numbers and assigns no level.
They agree at low rep counts and separate as reps climb. Past ten reps the spread is wide, so adding weight and retesting at around five reps gives a tighter conversion.