Accessibility

Our commitment

Strength training reference data should be usable by every lifter, including those who browse with a screen reader, navigate by keyboard, rely on magnification, or need reduced motion. We aim to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA.

We would rather tell you exactly where we currently fall short than claim a badge we have not earned. The known gaps are listed below, openly.

Conformance status

Partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA. "Partially conformant" means most of the site meets the standard, but some parts do not yet. This statement is based on our own internal review, not a third party audit. We have not yet commissioned an independent evaluation.

What should work today

• Keyboard navigation. Links, buttons, and form controls are standard HTML elements, so they are reachable and operable with a keyboard alone.
• Semantic structure. Pages use real landmarks (header, nav, main, footer) and a logical heading order, so screen reader users can jump between sections.
• Calculators without JavaScript surprises. Inputs are real labelled form fields, not custom widgets, so they work with assistive technology and browser autofill.
• Colour contrast. Every piece of text on the site meets the 4.5:1 ratio AA requires (3:1 for large text), verified by measuring each element against its actual rendered background rather than by eye.
• Reduced motion. If your system asks for reduced motion, we honour it: smooth scrolling and non essential animation are switched off.
• Display preferences. An accessibility panel lets you set larger text, higher contrast, always-underlined links, and reduced motion. Your choices are remembered on your device.
• Responsive layout. Pages are built to reflow on small viewports and under zoom rather than forcing horizontal scrolling.
• Language and titles. Every page declares its language and has a unique, descriptive title.

Known limitations

We are aware of the following and are working on them:

• No skip to content link. Keyboard users must tab through the full navigation on every page before reaching the main content.
• Focus indicators are inconsistent. Some controls rely on the browser default outline, which is faint against our background in places.
• The email popup. It does not yet trap focus or return focus to where you were when dismissed, which is disorienting with a screen reader.
• Calculator results are not always announced. Some results update silently, so screen reader users may not be told a number changed.
• Data tables lack header associations. Most standards tables do not yet mark up their header cells with scope, so a screen reader may not announce which row and column a number belongs to. On a site built around tables of numbers, we consider this a significant gap.
• No independent audit. Our review is internal and will have blind spots. Reports from real users are genuinely useful to us.

Adjusting your browser

These help on LiftCodex and everywhere else:

• Zoom. Ctrl and plus, or Cmd and plus on a Mac, enlarges everything. Our layout is built to reflow rather than break.
• Reduced motion. If your system is set to reduce motion, we respect it and drop non essential animation.
• Reader mode. Article and guide pages are structured to work in your browser's built in reader view.
• Text size. We size text in relative units, so your browser's minimum font size setting is honoured.

Report a barrier

If something on LiftCodex blocked you, please tell us. It is the fastest way we find out what our own testing missed, and we treat it as a bug, not a feature request.

Email [email protected]. If you can, include the page address, what you were trying to do, and the browser plus assistive technology you were using. Any detail helps, but none of it is required: a one line "the pricing table is unreadable" is a perfectly good report.

We aim to acknowledge within 5 working days and to give you a fix or a timeline within 30 days. If you need content that is currently inaccessible to you, say so and we will get it to you in a usable format.

Enforcement

If you are in the EU or UK and are unhappy with our response, you may raise the matter with your national accessibility enforcement body. If you are in the US, the Department of Justice publishes guidance on ADA web accessibility rights.