The
Calculators.

Six tools for training and eating with precision. Plan your week, check your recovery, calculate your strength numbers, find your heart rate zones, measure your body composition, and dial in the calories your body actually needs.

Build Your
Week.

Pick your days. Pick your goal. Get a balanced split built around recovery.

01 Training days
02 Primary goal

Train Hard
or Rest?

Three inputs. One honest answer for today.

01 Sleep last night
02 Muscle soreness
03 Stress level today

1RM
Calculator.

Enter a weight you can lift with good form — not your grinding max — and get your full percentage table for programming. Best accuracy at 3–6 reps.

01 Weight lifted
02 Reps completed
03 Lift

Heart Rate
Zones.

Personalised zones using the Karvonen formula — more accurate than age-based estimates because it accounts for your actual resting heart rate and cardiovascular baseline.

Zone 2 is your LIIT target. Zone 4 is where HIIT lives. Most people default to Zone 3 without realising it and miss the distinct benefits of both.

Body Fat
+ BMI.

Body fat via the US Navy tape measure method — no body scan needed. BMI included as a secondary reference, with an honest note on what it does and doesn't tell you if you lift.

Sex
Units

BMR
+ TDEE.

Your maintenance calories via the Mifflin-St Jeor formula — the number your body burns before you eat a thing, then adjusted for how you move. Eat below it to lose fat, at it to hold, above it to build.

01 Sex
02 Units
06 Activity level

Numbers don't train for you, but the right ones cut through guesswork. These are the calculators I actually use: a weekly planner to structure training around a real schedule, a recovery check for the days you're not sure whether to push or rest, a 1RM calculator to program strength honestly, heart-rate zones so cardio has a target, and body composition to track what the scale hides. None of them are the point. The training is the point. These just keep you honest about it.

Why calculators specifically for over 40?

Because recovery, heart-rate zones, and how you program strength all shift with age. Using numbers calibrated for a 25-year-old is how people over 40 get hurt or stall. These respect the biology you actually have.

How accurate is the 1RM calculator?

It's an estimate from a lighter set, not a max attempt — which is the point. After 40, grinding out a true one-rep max for the ego isn't worth the risk. Estimate it, program off it, stay healthy.

Should I use the recovery calculator every day?

Use it on the days you're genuinely unsure. Mild soreness in a fresh muscle group — train. Systemic fatigue where everything feels heavy — that's a rest day. It helps you tell the difference instead of guessing.

What's the difference between BMR and TDEE?

BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the energy your body burns at complete rest — just to keep you alive. TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) is that number multiplied by an activity factor for movement, work, and training. Your TDEE is your maintenance calories: eat below it to lose fat, at it to hold, above it to build.

Are these calculators free?

All of them. No signup, no ads.