How to read the result
Turn the last set into the next few weeks. The notes below show the assumptions behind that recommendation.
Progressive Overload Planner
Turn the last set into the next few weeks. Enter the set you just finished. The planner adds a rep each week until you hit the top of the range, then adds load and starts again. Epley (1985) and Brzycki (1993) estimate a one-rep max; this planner does not. It only schedules the range you set.
Log the set in Surpass and the next target stays with the workout.
What double progression means
Stay at the same load and add a rep until you reach the top of the range. Then add the smallest useful load and return to the bottom of the range.
Why this is not a 1RM forecast
Epley (1985) and Brzycki (1993) turn a hard set into an estimated max. A weekly plan can be useful without that estimate, because the decision is repeat, add a rep, or add load.
How to use the weeks
Treat each row as the target for that week, not a promise. If the set is far harder than the range, hold the load instead of following the next row.
Where Surpass does this in the gym
Surpass shows the next-set target beside last time while you train, so you do not have to reopen this planner between sets.
Short answers
Is this a progressive overload calculator?
Yes. It plans several weeks of double progression from one completed set.
Does it use Epley or Brzycki?
No. Those formulas estimate a one-rep max. This planner only walks the rep range and load jump you enter. The 1RM calculator cites Epley (1985) and Brzycki (1993) when you want the estimate.
Surpass turns your training history into next-set targets, RIR tracking, rest timing, smart warm-ups, PRs, and progress feedback.
Method, assumptions, and privacy
Method
Walks double progression for the number of weeks you enter: add a rep until the top of the range, then add the load jump and return to the bottom.
Assumptions
The plan assumes you hit the listed reps. If a week is much harder than the range, hold the load instead of taking the next row.
Privacy
Inputs are handled in the browser for the web tool experience. Surpass should only store lifting data when a user chooses to log it in the app.
Check the method before you trust the number. Bad inputs still produce tidy-looking outputs.
This is one set.
Surpass does it for your whole workout: next-set targets, RIR, rest timing, warm-ups, PRs, and progress feedback.
Start free on iPhone