Overhead Press Strength Standards for Men and Women (kg)

Below are overhead press strength standards based on training logs of 19 792 users of StrengthLog.

What is the average overhead press? The average overhead press is 57 kg for men and 30 kg for women. This makes you an intermediate lifter and stronger than 50% of StrengthLog’s users.

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How Much Can the Average Man and Woman Overhead Press?

Strength Level	Men	Women
Beginner	32 kg	15 kg
Novice	47 kg	25 kg
Intermediate	57 kg	30 kg
Advanced	68 kg	36 kg
Elite	88 kg	48 kg

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Overhead Press Standards for Men (kg)

By bodyweight.

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
50	21	29	34	37	43
55	24	33	38	42	50
60	25	35	42	47	57
65	27	38	45	51	63
70	29	41	48	55	69
75	30	43	51	59	74
80	32	45	53	62	79
85	33	47	56	66	83
90	35	49	58	69	88
95	36	51	61	72	92
100	37	53	63	74	96
105	38	54	65	77	99
110	39	56	67	79	103
115	40	57	68	82	106
120	41	59	70	84	110
125	42	60	72	86	113
130	43	61	73	88	116
135	44	63	75	90	118
140	44	64	76	92	121

Overhead Press Standards for Women (kg)

By bodyweight.

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
40	12	20	24	28	33
45	12	21	25	29	36
50	13	22	27	31	39
55	14	22	27	32	41
60	14	23	28	34	43
65	15	24	29	35	45
70	15	24	30	36	47
75	15	25	31	37	49
80	16	25	31	38	50
85	16	25	32	39	52
90	16	26	32	40	53
95	17	26	33	41	55
100	17	27	33	41	56
105	17	27	34	42	57
110	18	27	34	43	58
115	18	28	35	43	59
120	18	28	35	44	60

What Do The Classifications Mean?

Beginner	Stronger than 5% of lifters.
Novice	Stronger than 25% of lifters.
Intermediate	Stronger than 50% of lifters.
Advanced	Stronger than 75% of lifters.
Elite	Stronger than 95% of lifters.

Improve Your Overhead Press

• Guide: How to overhead press with proper form
• Programs: Get stronger in the overhead press with our overhead pressing program.

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