Editorial policy
Last updated: 12 October 2026
TrainingCalcs publishes numbers people use to plan their training, their food and their supplements. This page states who writes those pages, where the numbers come from, and what happens when we get something wrong.
Who writes this site
Every calculator, guide and FAQ here is written and maintained by Abhishek Kumar, founder and developer of TrainingCalcs. Pages are signed with his name and the date they were last reviewed, not with a brand name or a pen name.
Abhishek is not a doctor, dietitian, physiotherapist or certified strength coach, and nothing on this site is a substitute for one. The calculators report what published formulas produce for the numbers you enter; decisions about your diet, supplements, medication or training belong with a qualified professional who knows your history.
No medical professional reviews this site. We would rather say that plainly than imply a review that does not happen. It is also why pages about supplements, fasting and calorie targets carry a warning next to the result and point you to a professional for anything that depends on your own health.
Where the numbers come from
- Published sources only. Each of the 17 calculators implements a formula from a peer-reviewed paper or a sport governing body's own document. Those sources are listed, with links, in a “Sources” section on the page that uses them.
- Primary sources first. We cite the paper that published a formula, not an article about it. References are checked against PubMed or Crossref before they go up.
- No invented numbers. Every coefficient, MET value and table in the code is traceable to a source. Where a formula has no official table to check against, the page and the code say so.
- Estimates are labelled. Calorie burn, body-fat-dependent indexes and fasting outcomes vary a lot between people. Those pages give ranges and state the error, rather than one confident number.
How the maths is tested
Formulas live in plain functions, separate from the pages, and each one is covered by automated tests that reproduce the worked examples from its source: the published DOTS example, Robert Wilks' own coefficient table, the official IPF GL coefficients, a hand calculation for Pandolf. DOTS scores are also checked against real competition results from the public OpenPowerlifting database. The tests run before every change goes live, so a formula cannot be changed by accident.
Review schedule
Every calculator page and article shows the date it was last reviewed. At that review we re-read the page against its sources, check the links still resolve, and look for newer research or an updated governing-body table. Pages are reviewed at least once a year, and sooner when a source is revised — for example when a federation publishes new coefficients or a position stand is updated.
Corrections
If a number here is wrong, we want to know. Email support@trainingcalcs.com with the page and the input you used. We check the result against the source, fix the code and the text if it is wrong, and update the review date on the page. Corrections that change a result are noted on the page rather than edited away quietly.
Independence and money
- TrainingCalcs is free, needs no account, and is run independently by ToolzPoint (Abhishek Kumar), India.
- No supplement, equipment or coaching company pays for coverage, and no page here is sponsored. We do not sell links, guest posts or product placements.
- There is no affiliate marketing on the site today. If that changes, the page will say so before any link is added, and recommendations will never depend on who pays.
- Analytics are limited to page-level traffic. The numbers you type into a calculator stay in your browser — see the privacy policy.
How AI is used
Articles are not published as generated text. AI tools are used the way other development tools are — for drafting code, checking wording and spotting mistakes — and every number, claim and source on a page is checked by a person against the cited work before it goes live.
What this site will not do
- Diagnose anything, or tell you to start, stop or change a medication.
- Give personalised medical, nutrition or rehabilitation advice.
- Recommend doses outside the range in the cited research.
- Suggest anabolic steroids or other prescription drugs for performance — the FFMI page cites steroid research only to explain where the natural limit of 25 comes from.
Read the medical disclaimer for the limits of everything on this site, and the about page for how TrainingCalcs started.