AMRAP

As many reps as possible Also called as many reps as possible, as many rounds as possible, AMRAP set, plus set

AMRAP stands for "as many reps as possible": a set with no fixed rep number, where you keep going until you cannot do another good rep.

As many as you can: 80 kg for 8 or more. Bench press, three sets at 80 kg written 5, 5, 5+. The last set gets 8 reps, putting your estimated one-rep max near 101 kg.

In plain words

A set with no rep target. You keep lifting until you cannot do another good rep, and that number goes in the log. Programs write it with a plus sign: "5+" means five reps or more. AMRAP is also read "as many rounds as possible": a 10-minute AMRAP means you repeat a list of exercises as many times as you can in ten minutes. In lifting it nearly always means reps, on one set, usually the last set of an exercise. Coaches differ on how far to take it: some mean true failure, others mean stopping when the next rep would turn ugly. Masheen means until you could not do another good one.

An example

Bench press, three sets at 80 kg, written 5, 5, 5+. You get your five, then five again, then on the last set you keep going and finish with 8. The 8 is what you log. Put 80 kg for 8 reps through the Epley formula, 80 × (1 + 8 ÷ 30), and your estimated one-rep max comes out at 101.3 kg.

Often confused with

Failure Failure is the point where a rep does not go; an AMRAP set is a set you take to that point or just short of it. EMOM EMOM sets the clock, a set every minute; AMRAP sets no number at all.

Sources

Wiktionary, AMRAP Read 12 November 2026

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