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Verdict

Is a 60 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, 60 kg is the 1st percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

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

60 kg is 132 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 60 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 34th Intermediate 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 6th Novice 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 2nd Novice 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg <1 Novice 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg <1 Novice 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg <1 Novice 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg <1 Novice 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg <1 Novice 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg <1 Novice 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg <1 Novice 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg <1 Novice 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg <1 Novice 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg <1 Novice 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg <1 Novice 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg <1 Novice 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg <1 Novice 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg <1 Novice 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg <1 Novice 240.0
137.5 kg and above <1 Novice 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 18th Novice 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 7th Novice 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 4th Novice 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 3rd Novice 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 3rd Novice 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 2nd Novice 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 2nd Novice 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 2nd Novice 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 3rd Novice 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 3rd Novice 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 2nd Novice 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 2nd Novice 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 2nd Novice 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 2nd Novice 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 2nd Novice 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 2nd Novice 142.0
137.5 kg and above 2nd Novice 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
60.01stNovice
70.01stNovice
80.01stNovice
90.02ndNovice

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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