Crunches

Crunches Standards (kg)

The average rep count for Crunches is 50 reps for men and 41 reps for women. Compare your rep count by bodyweight and age below.

Male Crunches Standards

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Strength LevelReps
Beginner 1
Novice 22
Intermediate 50
Advanced 85
Elite 126

How many reps of Crunches should I be able to do?

How many reps of Crunches can the average lifter do? The average male lifter can do 50 reps of Crunches. This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive achievement.

Reps By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
50 < 1 22 57 101 152
55 < 1 22 56 97 145
60 < 1 22 54 94 139
65 1 22 53 91 133
70 2 22 52 88 128
75 2 22 50 85 123
80 3 22 49 82 119
85 3 22 48 79 114
90 3 21 46 77 111
95 3 21 45 74 107
100 3 20 44 72 103
105 3 20 43 70 100
110 3 19 42 68 97
115 3 19 41 66 94
120 3 18 40 64 92
125 3 18 39 63 89
130 3 18 38 61 87
135 3 17 37 59 84
140 3 17 36 58 82

How many sets and reps of Crunches should I do?

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

3x15 10%
3x20 9%
3x10 9%
3x12 6%
3x30 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 Crunches strength standards

Strength Level analysed 33,786 qualifying results from 659,540 community lifts to produce our Crunches strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 659,540
Qualifying results 33,786
Male results 28,393
Female results 5,393
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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.