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Verdict

Is a 110 kg squat 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 4th percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

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Percentile

20,457 judged squats, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged squats 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 85th Elite 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 56th Advanced 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 33rd Intermediate 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg 14th Novice 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg 12th Novice 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg 5th Novice 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg 3rd Novice 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg 4th Novice 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg 2nd Novice 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg 3rd Novice 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg 2nd Novice 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg 1st Novice 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg 2nd Novice 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg 2nd Novice 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg 1st Novice 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg 2nd Novice 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg 2nd Novice 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg 1st Novice 240.0
137.5 kg and above 2nd Novice 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 87th Elite 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 73rd Advanced 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 66th Advanced 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 55th Advanced 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 49th Intermediate 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 41st Intermediate 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 40th Intermediate 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 39th Intermediate 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 38th Intermediate 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 37th Intermediate 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 31st Intermediate 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 30th Intermediate 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 28th Intermediate 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 28th Intermediate 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 25th Intermediate 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 23rd Intermediate 142.0
137.5 kg and above 25th Intermediate 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
110.04thNovice
120.06thNovice
130.09thNovice
140.014thNovice

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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