Behind The Back Barbell Shrug

Behind The Back Barbell Shrug Standards (lb)

The average Behind The Back Barbell Shrug is 238 lb for men and 126 lb for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

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Our Behind The Back Barbell Shrug strength standards are based on 91,821 lifts by Strength Level users from 2020 to 2026. More...
Behind The Back Barbell Shrug

Male Behind The Back Barbell Shrug Standards (lb)

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Strength LevelWeight
Beginner 60 lb
Novice 132 lb
Intermediate 238 lb
Advanced 375 lb
Elite 535 lb

How much should I be able to Behind The Back Barbell Shrug? (lb)

What is the average Behind The Back Barbell Shrug? The average Behind The Back Barbell Shrug weight for a male lifter is 238 lb (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Behind The Back Barbell Shrug? Male beginners should aim to lift 60 lb (1RM) which is still impressive compared to the general population.

Barbell weights include the weight of the bar, normally 20 kg / 44 lb.

By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
110 13 47 105 186 285
120 21 62 127 215 320
130 31 77 149 243 355
140 41 93 171 271 388
150 52 110 192 298 420
160 64 126 214 325 452
170 76 143 235 351 483
180 88 159 256 376 513
190 100 175 277 401 542
200 112 192 297 426 570
210 125 208 317 450 598
220 137 224 337 473 625
230 150 240 356 496 651
240 162 255 375 518 677
250 175 271 394 540 702
260 187 286 413 562 726
270 199 301 431 583 750
280 211 316 449 604 774
290 224 331 466 624 797
300 236 346 483 644 819
310 248 360 500 664 841

How many sets and reps of Behind The Back Barbell Shrug should I do?

These are the most popular Behind The Back Barbell Shrug workouts done by male lifters:

3x10 16%
2x10 12%
3x12 11%
4x12 9%
3x15 6%
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What do the strength standards mean?

Beginner Stronger than 5% of lifters. A beginner lifter can perform the movement correctly and has practiced it for at least a month.
Novice Stronger than 20% of lifters. A novice lifter has trained regularly in the technique for at least six months.
Intermediate Stronger than 50% of lifters. An intermediate lifter has trained regularly in the technique for at least two years.
Advanced Stronger than 80% of lifters. An advanced lifter has progressed for over five years.
Elite Stronger than 95% of lifters. An elite lifter has dedicated over five years to become competitive at strength sports.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the Behind The Back Barbell Shrug strength standards

Strength Level analysed 552 qualifying results from 91,821 community lifts to produce our Behind The Back Barbell Shrug strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 91,821
Qualifying results 552
Male results 529
Female results 23
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Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

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