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Verdict

Is a 190 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, 190 kg is the 58th percentile — advanced.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 80110140170200230260 kg lifted →
kg

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?

190 kg is 419 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 190 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 99+ World-class 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 97th World-class 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg 89th Elite 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg 87th Elite 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg 73rd Advanced 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg 60th Advanced 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg 58th Advanced 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg 44th Intermediate 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg 41st Intermediate 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg 33rd Intermediate 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg 26th Intermediate 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg 27th Intermediate 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg 25th Intermediate 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg 19th Novice 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg 23rd Intermediate 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg 23rd Intermediate 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg 17th Novice 240.0
137.5 kg and above 17th Novice 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 99+ World-class 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 99th World-class 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 99th World-class 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 98th World-class 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 97th World-class 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 97th World-class 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 96th World-class 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 96th World-class 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 95th World-class 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 94th Elite 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 91st Elite 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 90th Elite 142.0
137.5 kg and above 83rd Elite 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
190.058thAdvanced
200.069thAdvanced
210.077thAdvanced
220.084thElite

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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