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How to set up strength ratio analysis

Create a strength ratio collection with an anchor lift and target ratios, then read each client’s balanced, over-, and under-developed lifts.

Last updated 2026-06-12

Strength ratios compare a client's lifts against the balance a well-rounded athlete should have, so you can spot a lagging lift before it becomes an imbalance or an injury. You build a collection once and apply it to any client.

  1. 1

    Create a collection

    Go to Strength Ratios and choose New collection. Give it a name and an optional description. To start fast, load a preset — Big 3 Balance, Upper Body Push/Pull, or Lower Body Balance — and adjust from there.

    New ratio collection
    Define ratios relative to an anchor lift
    Start from a template
    Big 3 BalanceUpper Body Push/PullLower Body Balance
    Anchor exercise
    Back SquatAdd bodyweight
    Exercises to compareratio × anchor 1RM
    Bench Press0.75x
    Deadlift1.25x
    +Add exercise
  2. 2

    Set the anchor and target ratios

    Choose an anchor lift — the reference every other exercise is measured against (for example, Back Squat). Then add each lift to compare with an expected ratio:

    • A 0.75 target on Bench Press means a balanced client benches about three-quarters of their anchor.
    • Toggle Add bodyweight on the anchor or any lift where bodyweight should count toward the number.

    Save the collection when your lifts and targets are set.

  3. 3

    Read a client’s analysis

    Open the collection and pick a client. Trainnode charts expected versus actual for each lift and labels it balanced, over-developed, or under-developed — anything more than about 10% off target — using their tested or estimated 1RMs. Record a tested 1RM for the most accurate read.

    Strength ratios
    Eva Nakamura · Big 3 Balance

    Anchor Exercise

    Back Squat

    Tested 1RM

    140 kgT
    1 Balanced1 Over1 Under
    1.5x1.0x0.5x0.0x
    BenchDeadliftOHP
    Expected Actual
    ExerciseActualDev.Status
    Overhead Press0.50x-23%Under-developed
    Deadlift1.40x+12%Over-developed
    Bench Press0.78x+4%Balanced

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