Compare Your
Strength Levels
Are you a Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, or Elite lifter? Select your lift, gender, and bodyweight to find out where you stand against millions of lifters.
Select Your Lift
Choose an exercise and select your bodyweight to see your personal strength standard classification.
🦵 Squat
💪 Bench Press
🏋️ Deadlift
How to interpret your level
We categorize lifters into 4 main buckets based on global training data.
Novice
A lifter who has trained regularly for at least 1 month. Novice standards are reachable for almost all healthy adults.
Intermediate
A lifter who has trained regularly for at least 6 months. This requires dedication and a consistent training program.
Advanced
A lifter who has trained for multiple years. Advanced lifters are stronger than most gym-goers.
Elite
A competitive lifter who has trained specifically for powerlifting for over 5 years. Elite lifters rank in the top 1%.
Quick facts
Most men can squat their bodyweight after just 3-6 months of consistent training.
The average untrained male can deadlift around 155 lbs, while an advanced male can pull over 400 lbs.
Relative strength (strength divided by bodyweight) is often higher in lighter weight classes.
A 2x bodyweight deadlift is widely considered the hallmark of an advanced lifter.