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Men · 57.5–62.5 kg

Squat standards — men, 57.5–62.5 kg

Median 128 kg. Top fifth starts at 158 kg. The top 5% squat 185 kg or more. From 7,934 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 5080110140170200 kg lifted →
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Percentile

7,934 judged squats, men, 57.5–62.5 kg

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

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PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th83.9185Novice
20th97.5215Intermediate
25th102.5226Intermediate
30th110.0243Intermediate
40th120.0265Intermediate
50th127.5281Advanced
60th137.5303Advanced
70th145.0320Advanced
75th150.0331Advanced
80th157.5347Elite
90th172.5380Elite
95th185.0408World-class
99th205.0452World-class

Novice

0–20

Bottom fifth of the platform

Intermediate

20–50

Below the median competitor

Advanced

50–80

Above the median competitor

Elite

80–95

Top fifth of the platform

World-class

95–100

Top 5% of everyone who has competed

By age

Masters lifters compete in their own divisions, and the data shows why. Age here is age at the meet.

AgeMedian80th95thLifters
14-17145.0185.0220.023,527
18-19180.0215.0250.018,517
20-23197.5232.5272.547,147
24-34205.0245.0290.077,755
35-39205.0245.0292.512,452
40-44195.0236.0280.08,440
45-49188.1227.5268.54,840
50-54175.0212.5250.03,821
55-59165.0202.5240.02,245
60-69142.5180.0210.02,810
70+105.0140.0170.0978

Age bands pool every bodyweight, so they answer "how does age move the number", not "what should a 45-year-old at this exact weight lift".

As a multiple of bodyweight

Percentile× bodyweight
25th1.70×
50th2.10×
75th2.60×
90th2.90×
95th3.10×
99th3.50×

The "2× bodyweight bench" style of goal, measured against people who actually did it in competition.

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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