Dumbbell Fly

Dumbbell Fly Standards (kg)

The average Dumbbell Fly is 23 kg for men and 12 kg for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

Male Dumbbell Fly Standards (kg)

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Strength LevelWeight
Beginner 7 kg
Novice 14 kg
Intermediate 23 kg
Advanced 34 kg
Elite 48 kg

How much should I be able to Dumbbell Fly? (kg)

What is the average Dumbbell Fly? The average Dumbbell Fly weight for a male lifter is 23 kg (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Dumbbell Fly? Male beginners should aim to lift 7 kg (1RM) which is still impressive compared to the general population.

Dumbbell weights are for one dumbbell and include the weight of the bar, normally 2 kg / 4.4 lb

By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
50 3 8 15 24 34
55 4 9 16 26 37
60 5 10 18 28 39
65 6 11 19 30 41
70 7 13 21 31 43
75 7 14 22 33 45
80 8 15 24 35 47
85 9 16 25 36 49
90 10 17 26 38 51
95 10 18 27 39 53
100 11 19 29 41 54
105 12 20 30 42 56
110 13 20 31 43 57
115 13 21 32 45 59
120 14 22 33 46 60
125 15 23 34 47 62
130 15 24 35 48 63
135 16 25 36 49 64
140 17 25 37 51 65

How many sets and reps of Dumbbell Fly should I do?

These are the most popular Dumbbell Fly workouts done by male lifters:

3x10 21%
3x12 13%
3x8 9%
4x10 7%
4x12 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 Dumbbell Fly strength standards

Strength Level analysed 74,957 qualifying results from 345,131 community lifts to produce our Dumbbell Fly strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 345,131
Qualifying results 74,957
Male results 67,623
Female results 7,334
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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.