Dumbbell Shrug Standards (kg)

The average Dumbbell Shrug is 42 kg for men and 25 kg for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

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Our Dumbbell Shrug strength standards are based on 339,746 lifts by Strength Level users from 2017 to 2026. More...

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Male

Male Dumbbell Shrug Standards (kg)

Weight

Strength Level	Weight
Beginner	14 kg
Novice	26 kg
Intermediate	42 kg
Advanced	62 kg
Elite	85 kg

Bodyweight Ratio

Strength Level	Bodyweight Ratio
Beginner	0.20x
Novice	0.35x
Intermediate	0.55x
Advanced	0.80x
Elite	1.10x

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

What is the average Dumbbell Shrug? The average Dumbbell Shrug weight for a male lifter is 42 kg (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Dumbbell Shrug? Male beginners should aim to lift 14 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

By Bodyweight
By Age

By Bodyweight

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	7	15	27	42	60
55	8	17	30	46	64
60	10	20	33	50	69
65	12	22	36	53	73
70	13	24	39	57	77
75	15	26	41	60	81
80	17	28	44	63	84
85	18	30	46	66	88
90	20	32	49	69	91
95	21	34	51	72	94
100	23	36	54	74	97
105	24	38	56	77	100
110	26	40	58	80	103
115	27	41	60	82	106
120	28	43	62	84	109
125	30	45	64	87	112
130	31	46	66	89	114
135	32	48	68	91	117
140	34	50	70	93	119

By Age

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	12	22	36	53	73
20	14	25	41	61	83
25	14	26	42	62	85
30	14	26	42	62	85
35	14	26	42	62	85
40	14	26	42	62	85
45	13	25	40	59	81
50	13	23	37	55	75
55	12	21	35	51	70
60	11	19	32	47	64
65	10	18	29	42	58
70	9	16	26	38	52
75	8	14	23	34	46
80	7	13	21	30	42
85	6	11	18	27	37
90	6	10	17	24	33

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

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

3x10 15%

3x12 13%

3x15 9%

3x20 7%

3x8 6%

4x10 5%

4x12 5%

2x10 4%

2x12 3%

4x15 3%

Rank	Sets	Reps	Percent	Workouts
1	3	10	15%	1467
2	3	12	13%	1248
3	3	15	9%	837
4	3	20	7%	627
5	3	8	6%	571
6	4	10	5%	471
7	4	12	5%	440
8	2	10	4%	345
9	2	12	3%	267
10	4	15	3%	258

Female

Female Dumbbell Shrug Standards (kg)

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Weight
Bodyweight Ratio

Weight

Strength Level	Weight
Beginner	7 kg
Novice	14 kg
Intermediate	25 kg
Advanced	39 kg
Elite	54 kg

Bodyweight Ratio

Strength Level	Bodyweight Ratio
Beginner	0.10x
Novice	0.20x
Intermediate	0.40x
Advanced	0.60x
Elite	0.85x

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

What is the average Dumbbell Shrug? The average Dumbbell Shrug weight for a female lifter is 25 kg (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Dumbbell Shrug? Female 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

By Bodyweight
By Age

By Bodyweight

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	4	9	18	29	43
45	4	10	19	31	45
50	5	11	21	33	47
55	6	12	22	35	50
60	6	14	24	37	52
65	7	14	25	38	53
70	8	15	26	40	55
75	8	16	27	41	57
80	9	17	28	42	58
85	10	18	29	44	60
90	10	19	30	45	61
95	11	20	31	46	63
100	11	20	32	47	64
105	12	21	33	48	65
110	12	22	34	49	67
115	13	22	35	50	68
120	13	23	36	51	69

By Age

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	6	12	21	33	46
20	7	14	24	38	53
25	7	14	25	39	54
30	7	14	25	39	54
35	7	14	25	39	54
40	7	14	25	39	54
45	6	13	24	37	51
50	6	13	22	34	48
55	6	12	20	32	44
60	5	11	19	29	41
65	5	10	17	26	37
70	4	9	15	23	33
75	4	8	14	21	30
80	3	7	12	19	27
85	3	6	11	17	24
90	3	6	10	15	21

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

These are the most popular Dumbbell Shrug workouts done by female lifters:

3x10 23%

3x12 17%

3x15 8%

4x10 6%

2x10 5%

3x8 5%

3x20 4%

4x12 4%

2x8 3%

2x12 3%

4x15 3%

Rank	Sets	Reps	Percent	Workouts
1	3	10	23%	168
2	3	12	17%	124
3	3	15	8%	57
4	4	10	6%	47
5	2	10	5%	38
6	3	8	5%	34
7	3	20	4%	29
8	4	12	4%	28
9	2	8	3%	23
10	2	12	3%	21
10	4	15	3%	21

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The Strength Level Calculator can show your exact level of strength at any bodyweight.

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 Shrug strength standards

Strength Level analysed 62,505 qualifying results from 339,746 community lifts to produce our Dumbbell Shrug strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts	339,746
Qualifying results	62,505
Male results	58,890
Female results	3,615
Data start	18 August 2017
Data cutoff	5 March 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	7	15	27	42	60
55	8	17	30	46	64
60	10	20	33	50	69
65	12	22	36	53	73
70	13	24	39	57	77
75	15	26	41	60	81
80	17	28	44	63	84
85	18	30	46	66	88
90	20	32	49	69	91
95	21	34	51	72	94
100	23	36	54	74	97
105	24	38	56	77	100
110	26	40	58	80	103
115	27	41	60	82	106
120	28	43	62	84	109
125	30	45	64	87	112
130	31	46	66	89	114
135	32	48	68	91	117
140	34	50	70	93	119

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	12	22	36	53	73
20	14	25	41	61	83
25	14	26	42	62	85
30	14	26	42	62	85
35	14	26	42	62	85
40	14	26	42	62	85
45	13	25	40	59	81
50	13	23	37	55	75
55	12	21	35	51	70
60	11	19	32	47	64
65	10	18	29	42	58
70	9	16	26	38	52
75	8	14	23	34	46
80	7	13	21	30	42
85	6	11	18	27	37
90	6	10	17	24	33

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	4	9	18	29	43
45	4	10	19	31	45
50	5	11	21	33	47
55	6	12	22	35	50
60	6	14	24	37	52
65	7	14	25	38	53
70	8	15	26	40	55
75	8	16	27	41	57
80	9	17	28	42	58
85	10	18	29	44	60
90	10	19	30	45	61
95	11	20	31	46	63
100	11	20	32	47	64
105	12	21	33	48	65
110	12	22	34	49	67
115	13	22	35	50	68
120	13	23	36	51	69

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	6	12	21	33	46
20	7	14	24	38	53
25	7	14	25	39	54
30	7	14	25	39	54
35	7	14	25	39	54
40	7	14	25	39	54
45	6	13	24	37	51
50	6	13	22	34	48
55	6	12	20	32	44
60	5	11	19	29	41
65	5	10	17	26	37
70	4	9	15	23	33
75	4	8	14	21	30
80	3	7	12	19	27
85	3	6	11	17	24
90	3	6	10	15	21

Rank	Sets	Reps	Percent	Workouts
1	3	10	23%	168
2	3	12	17%	124
3	3	15	8%	57
4	4	10	6%	47
5	2	10	5%	38
6	3	8	5%	34
7	3	20	4%	29
8	4	12	4%	28
9	2	8	3%	23
10	2	12	3%	21
10	4	15	3%	21

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	7	15	27	42	60
55	8	17	30	46	64
60	10	20	33	50	69
65	12	22	36	53	73
70	13	24	39	57	77
75	15	26	41	60	81
80	17	28	44	63	84
85	18	30	46	66	88
90	20	32	49	69	91
95	21	34	51	72	94
100	23	36	54	74	97
105	24	38	56	77	100
110	26	40	58	80	103
115	27	41	60	82	106
120	28	43	62	84	109
125	30	45	64	87	112
130	31	46	66	89	114
135	32	48	68	91	117
140	34	50	70	93	119

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	12	22	36	53	73
20	14	25	41	61	83
25	14	26	42	62	85
30	14	26	42	62	85
35	14	26	42	62	85
40	14	26	42	62	85
45	13	25	40	59	81
50	13	23	37	55	75
55	12	21	35	51	70
60	11	19	32	47	64
65	10	18	29	42	58
70	9	16	26	38	52
75	8	14	23	34	46
80	7	13	21	30	42
85	6	11	18	27	37
90	6	10	17	24	33

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	4	9	18	29	43
45	4	10	19	31	45
50	5	11	21	33	47
55	6	12	22	35	50
60	6	14	24	37	52
65	7	14	25	38	53
70	8	15	26	40	55
75	8	16	27	41	57
80	9	17	28	42	58
85	10	18	29	44	60
90	10	19	30	45	61
95	11	20	31	46	63
100	11	20	32	47	64
105	12	21	33	48	65
110	12	22	34	49	67
115	13	22	35	50	68
120	13	23	36	51	69

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	6	12	21	33	46
20	7	14	24	38	53
25	7	14	25	39	54
30	7	14	25	39	54
35	7	14	25	39	54
40	7	14	25	39	54
45	6	13	24	37	51
50	6	13	22	34	48
55	6	12	20	32	44
60	5	11	19	29	41
65	5	10	17	26	37
70	4	9	15	23	33
75	4	8	14	21	30
80	3	7	12	19	27
85	3	6	11	17	24
90	3	6	10	15	21

Rank	Sets	Reps	Percent	Workouts
1	3	10	23%	168
2	3	12	17%	124
3	3	15	8%	57
4	4	10	6%	47
5	2	10	5%	38
6	3	8	5%	34
7	3	20	4%	29
8	4	12	4%	28
9	2	8	3%	23
10	2	12	3%	21
10	4	15	3%	21

Dumbbell Shrug Standards (kg)

Male

Male Dumbbell Shrug Standards (kg)

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

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

Female

Female Dumbbell Shrug Standards (kg)

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Weight

Bodyweight Ratio

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

By Weight and Age

By Bodyweight

By Age

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

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What do the strength standards mean?

Data behind the Dumbbell Shrug strength standards

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BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	7	15	27	42	60
55	8	17	30	46	64
60	10	20	33	50	69
65	12	22	36	53	73
70	13	24	39	57	77
75	15	26	41	60	81
80	17	28	44	63	84
85	18	30	46	66	88
90	20	32	49	69	91
95	21	34	51	72	94
100	23	36	54	74	97
105	24	38	56	77	100
110	26	40	58	80	103
115	27	41	60	82	106
120	28	43	62	84	109
125	30	45	64	87	112
130	31	46	66	89	114
135	32	48	68	91	117
140	34	50	70	93	119

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	12	22	36	53	73
20	14	25	41	61	83
25	14	26	42	62	85
30	14	26	42	62	85
35	14	26	42	62	85
40	14	26	42	62	85
45	13	25	40	59	81
50	13	23	37	55	75
55	12	21	35	51	70
60	11	19	32	47	64
65	10	18	29	42	58
70	9	16	26	38	52
75	8	14	23	34	46
80	7	13	21	30	42
85	6	11	18	27	37
90	6	10	17	24	33

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	4	9	18	29	43
45	4	10	19	31	45
50	5	11	21	33	47
55	6	12	22	35	50
60	6	14	24	37	52
65	7	14	25	38	53
70	8	15	26	40	55
75	8	16	27	41	57
80	9	17	28	42	58
85	10	18	29	44	60
90	10	19	30	45	61
95	11	20	31	46	63
100	11	20	32	47	64
105	12	21	33	48	65
110	12	22	34	49	67
115	13	22	35	50	68
120	13	23	36	51	69

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	6	12	21	33	46
20	7	14	24	38	53
25	7	14	25	39	54
30	7	14	25	39	54
35	7	14	25	39	54
40	7	14	25	39	54
45	6	13	24	37	51
50	6	13	22	34	48
55	6	12	20	32	44
60	5	11	19	29	41
65	5	10	17	26	37
70	4	9	15	23	33
75	4	8	14	21	30
80	3	7	12	19	27
85	3	6	11	17	24
90	3	6	10	15	21

Rank	Sets	Reps	Percent	Workouts
1	3	10	23%	168
2	3	12	17%	124
3	3	15	8%	57
4	4	10	6%	47
5	2	10	5%	38
6	3	8	5%	34
7	3	20	4%	29
8	4	12	4%	28
9	2	8	3%	23
10	2	12	3%	21
10	4	15	3%	21