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Verdict

Is a 110 kg deadlift good?

Short answer: it depends entirely on your bodyweight, and here is the table that says by how much.

At 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight, 110 kg is the 1st percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

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Percentile

24,058 judged deadlifts, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged deadlifts in this class — add yours to it.

Not your class?

110 kg is 243 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 110 kg means at every bodyweight

The same lift is a different achievement at 60 kg and at 120 kg. This is the whole answer, not one row of it.

Men

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 67th Advanced 95.0
52.5–57.5 kg 25th Intermediate 135.0
57.5–62.5 kg 10th Novice 160.0
62.5–67.5 kg 4th Novice 180.5
67.5–72.5 kg 3rd Novice 185.0
72.5–77.5 kg 2nd Novice 200.0
77.5–82.5 kg <1 Novice 212.5
82.5–87.5 kg 1st Novice 215.0
87.5–92.5 kg <1 Novice 227.5
92.5–97.5 kg <1 Novice 230.0
97.5–102.5 kg <1 Novice 237.5
102.5–107.5 kg <1 Novice 245.0
107.5–112.5 kg <1 Novice 245.0
112.5–117.5 kg <1 Novice 245.0
117.5–122.5 kg <1 Novice 255.0
122.5–127.5 kg <1 Novice 250.0
127.5–132.5 kg <1 Novice 250.0
132.5–137.5 kg <1 Novice 255.0
137.5 kg and above <1 Novice 257.5

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 60th Advanced 105.0
52.5–57.5 kg 40th Intermediate 117.5
57.5–62.5 kg 32nd Intermediate 122.5
62.5–67.5 kg 24th Intermediate 130.0
67.5–72.5 kg 20th Intermediate 132.5
72.5–77.5 kg 16th Novice 140.0
77.5–82.5 kg 15th Novice 140.0
82.5–87.5 kg 16th Novice 140.0
87.5–92.5 kg 14th Novice 140.6
92.5–97.5 kg 13th Novice 142.5
97.5–102.5 kg 12th Novice 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 11th Novice 145.0
107.5–112.5 kg 10th Novice 147.9
112.5–117.5 kg 11th Novice 147.5
117.5–122.5 kg 8th Novice 150.0
122.5–127.5 kg 8th Novice 154.2
137.5 kg and above 8th Novice 152.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
110.01stNovice
120.02ndNovice
130.03rdNovice
140.04thNovice

Men at 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight. Percentile gained per 10 kg, so you can see what the next plate is actually worth.

Who these numbers describe. Everyone in this dataset entered a powerlifting competition. They are stronger than the general gym population, so a 50th percentile here is well above an average gym-goer — we would rather tell you that than quietly flatter you. Nobody has ever published a trustworthy random sample of what people lift in commercial gyms; what exists instead is app data that people type in themselves.

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Amit Sharma

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