ABSTRACT Twenty-three male college athletes performed submaximal repetition tests (70, 75, 80, 85, 90, and 95% 1-RM) in the bench press (BP), squat (S), and power clean (PC) lifts. For each lift the best predictor of 1-RM strength was defined as the maximal number of repetitions performed at a given lifting intensity (i.e., %1-RM) which represented the highest prediction coefficient (multiple R). ANOVA revealed that regardless of lift, the number of repetitions significantly decreased (p 0.05).