Dips

Dips Standards (kg)

The average rep count for Dips is 20 reps for men and 9 reps for women. Compare your rep count by bodyweight and age below.

Male Dips Standards

Entire Community

Strength LevelReps
Beginner3
Novice10
Intermediate20
Advanced31
Elite43

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

How many reps of Dips can the average lifter do? The average male lifter can do 20 reps of Dips. This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive achievement.

Reps By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
50< 18193347
55< 19203347
60110203346
65210203245
70210203244
75310203143
80310203142
85410203041
90410192940
95410192939
100410192838
105410182737
110410182736
115410172635
120410172534
12549172533
13049162432
13549162432
14039152331

1RM Weight (kg)

If the standard is negative, you have assistance weight. If positive, you add on weight using a weight belt.

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
50-5 kg+11 kg+31 kg+54 kg+78 kg
55-3 kg+14 kg+35 kg+59 kg+85 kg
60-1 kg+17 kg+39 kg+64 kg+91 kg
65+0 kg+20 kg+43 kg+69 kg+96 kg
70+2 kg+22 kg+46 kg+73 kg+101 kg
75+3 kg+25 kg+49 kg+77 kg+106 kg
80+5 kg+26 kg+52 kg+81 kg+111 kg
85+6 kg+28 kg+55 kg+84 kg+114 kg
90+6 kg+30 kg+57 kg+87 kg+118 kg
95+7 kg+31 kg+59 kg+90 kg+122 kg
100+8 kg+32 kg+61 kg+92 kg+125 kg
105+8 kg+33 kg+62 kg+94 kg+127 kg
110+8 kg+34 kg+64 kg+96 kg+130 kg
115+9 kg+35 kg+65 kg+98 kg+132 kg
120+9 kg+35 kg+66 kg+100 kg+135 kg
125+9 kg+36 kg+67 kg+101 kg+136 kg
130+8 kg+36 kg+68 kg+103 kg+138 kg
135+8 kg+36 kg+69 kg+104 kg+140 kg
140+8 kg+37 kg+69 kg+105 kg+141 kg

How many sets and reps of Dips should I do?

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

3x1017%
3x810%
3x127%
3x57%
4x106%

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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 Dips strength standards

Strength Level analysed 517,475 qualifying results from 2,162,628 community lifts to produce our Dips strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 2,162,628
Qualifying results 517,475
Male results 489,613
Female results 27,862
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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.