Clean

Clean Standards (kg)

The average Clean is 92 kg for men and 57 kg for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

Male Clean Standards (kg)

Entire Community

Strength LevelWeight
Beginner 50 kg
Novice 69 kg
Intermediate 92 kg
Advanced 118 kg
Elite 145 kg

How much should I be able to Clean? (kg)

What is the average Clean? The average Clean weight for a male lifter is 92 kg (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Clean? Male beginners should aim to lift 50 kg (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
50 31 44 60 78 98
55 36 49 66 85 106
60 40 54 72 92 113
65 44 59 78 98 121
70 48 64 83 104 127
75 52 69 88 110 134
80 56 73 93 116 140
85 60 77 98 121 146
90 63 81 103 126 151
95 67 85 107 131 157
100 70 89 112 136 162
105 74 93 116 141 167
110 77 97 120 145 172
115 80 100 124 150 177
120 83 104 128 154 181
125 87 107 132 158 186
130 90 111 135 162 190
135 92 114 139 166 195
140 95 117 142 170 199

How many sets and reps of Clean should I do?

These are the most popular Clean workouts done by male lifters:

2x1 11%
3x3 8%
3x5 8%
5x3 8%
3x1 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 Clean strength standards

Strength Level analysed 112,057 qualifying results from 364,649 community lifts to produce our Clean strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 364,649
Qualifying results 112,057
Male results 83,713
Female results 28,344
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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.