Farmers Walk Standards (kg)

The average Farmers Walk weight is 37 kg per hand for men and 21 kg per hand for women over 20 m. Compare the weight you carry per hand by bodyweight and age below.

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Our Farmers Walk strength standards are based on 18,319 lifts by Strength Level users from 2022 to 2026. More...

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Female

Male

Male Farmers Walk Standards (kg)

Weight

Strength Level	Weight
Beginner	9 kg
Novice	20 kg
Intermediate	37 kg
Advanced	58 kg
Elite	84 kg

Strength Level	Bodyweight Ratio
Beginner	0.10x
Novice	0.25x
Intermediate	0.45x
Advanced	0.70x
Elite	1.05x

How much weight should I carry for Farmers Walk? (kg)

What is the average Farmers Walk weight? The average Farmers Walk weight for a male lifter is 37 kg per hand over 20 m. This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive carry.

What is a good Farmers Walk weight? Male beginners should aim to carry 9 kg per hand over 20 m, which is still impressive compared to the general population.

Farmers Walk weights are for one hand and use 20 m as the reference distance, which our analysis found matched all distances from 10 to 50 m.

By Weight and Age

By Bodyweight
By Age

By Bodyweight

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	4	12	24	42	63
55	5	13	27	45	66
60	6	15	29	48	70
65	7	16	31	50	73
70	7	18	33	53	76
75	8	19	35	55	79
80	9	20	36	57	81
85	10	22	38	59	84
90	11	23	40	61	86
95	12	24	41	63	89
100	13	25	43	65	91
105	14	26	44	67	93
110	14	27	46	69	95
115	15	29	47	71	97
120	16	30	49	72	99
125	17	31	50	74	101
130	17	32	51	75	103
135	18	33	52	77	105
140	19	34	54	78	106

By Age

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	17	31	50	71
20	9	20	36	57	82
25	9	20	37	58	84
30	9	20	37	58	84
35	9	20	37	58	84
40	9	20	37	58	84
45	8	19	35	55	79
50	8	18	33	52	74
55	7	17	30	48	68
60	7	15	28	44	62
65	6	14	25	39	57
70	5	12	22	36	51
75	5	11	20	32	46
80	4	10	18	29	41
85	4	9	16	26	37
90	4	8	14	23	33

Female

Female Farmers Walk Standards (kg)

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Weight
Bodyweight Ratio

Weight

Strength Level	Weight
Beginner	4 kg
Novice	11 kg
Intermediate	21 kg
Advanced	34 kg
Elite	50 kg

Strength Level	Bodyweight Ratio
Beginner	0.05x
Novice	0.15x
Intermediate	0.30x
Advanced	0.50x
Elite	0.75x

How much weight should I carry for Farmers Walk? (kg)

What is the average Farmers Walk weight? The average Farmers Walk weight for a female lifter is 21 kg per hand over 20 m. This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive carry.

What is a good Farmers Walk weight? Female beginners should aim to carry 4 kg per hand over 20 m, which is still impressive compared to the general population.

Farmers Walk weights are for one hand and use 20 m as the reference distance, which our analysis found matched all distances from 10 to 50 m.

By Weight and Age

By Bodyweight
By Age

By Bodyweight

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	2	7	15	27	40
45	2	8	16	28	42
50	3	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	19	31	46
60	4	10	20	32	48
65	4	11	21	34	49
70	5	11	21	35	50
75	5	12	22	36	52
80	5	13	23	37	53
85	6	13	24	38	54
90	6	14	25	39	55
95	7	14	25	40	56
100	7	15	26	41	57
105	7	15	27	41	58
110	8	16	27	42	59
115	8	16	28	43	60
120	8	17	29	44	61

By Age

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	4	9	18	29	43
20	4	10	20	33	49
25	4	11	21	34	50
30	4	11	21	34	50
35	4	11	21	34	50
40	4	11	21	34	50
45	4	10	20	32	48
50	4	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	17	28	41
60	3	8	16	26	37
65	3	7	14	23	34
70	3	6	13	21	31
75	2	6	11	19	27
80	2	5	10	17	24
85	2	5	9	15	22
90	2	4	8	13	20

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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 Farmers Walk strength standards

Strength Level analysed 1,585 qualifying results from 18,319 community lifts to produce our Farmers Walk strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts	18,319
Qualifying results	1,585
Male results	1,292
Female results	293
Data start	27 December 2022
Data cutoff	23 July 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	4	12	24	42	63
55	5	13	27	45	66
60	6	15	29	48	70
65	7	16	31	50	73
70	7	18	33	53	76
75	8	19	35	55	79
80	9	20	36	57	81
85	10	22	38	59	84
90	11	23	40	61	86
95	12	24	41	63	89
100	13	25	43	65	91
105	14	26	44	67	93
110	14	27	46	69	95
115	15	29	47	71	97
120	16	30	49	72	99
125	17	31	50	74	101
130	17	32	51	75	103
135	18	33	52	77	105
140	19	34	54	78	106

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	17	31	50	71
20	9	20	36	57	82
25	9	20	37	58	84
30	9	20	37	58	84
35	9	20	37	58	84
40	9	20	37	58	84
45	8	19	35	55	79
50	8	18	33	52	74
55	7	17	30	48	68
60	7	15	28	44	62
65	6	14	25	39	57
70	5	12	22	36	51
75	5	11	20	32	46
80	4	10	18	29	41
85	4	9	16	26	37
90	4	8	14	23	33

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	2	7	15	27	40
45	2	8	16	28	42
50	3	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	19	31	46
60	4	10	20	32	48
65	4	11	21	34	49
70	5	11	21	35	50
75	5	12	22	36	52
80	5	13	23	37	53
85	6	13	24	38	54
90	6	14	25	39	55
95	7	14	25	40	56
100	7	15	26	41	57
105	7	15	27	41	58
110	8	16	27	42	59
115	8	16	28	43	60
120	8	17	29	44	61

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	4	9	18	29	43
20	4	10	20	33	49
25	4	11	21	34	50
30	4	11	21	34	50
35	4	11	21	34	50
40	4	11	21	34	50
45	4	10	20	32	48
50	4	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	17	28	41
60	3	8	16	26	37
65	3	7	14	23	34
70	3	6	13	21	31
75	2	6	11	19	27
80	2	5	10	17	24
85	2	5	9	15	22
90	2	4	8	13	20

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	4	12	24	42	63
55	5	13	27	45	66
60	6	15	29	48	70
65	7	16	31	50	73
70	7	18	33	53	76
75	8	19	35	55	79
80	9	20	36	57	81
85	10	22	38	59	84
90	11	23	40	61	86
95	12	24	41	63	89
100	13	25	43	65	91
105	14	26	44	67	93
110	14	27	46	69	95
115	15	29	47	71	97
120	16	30	49	72	99
125	17	31	50	74	101
130	17	32	51	75	103
135	18	33	52	77	105
140	19	34	54	78	106

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	17	31	50	71
20	9	20	36	57	82
25	9	20	37	58	84
30	9	20	37	58	84
35	9	20	37	58	84
40	9	20	37	58	84
45	8	19	35	55	79
50	8	18	33	52	74
55	7	17	30	48	68
60	7	15	28	44	62
65	6	14	25	39	57
70	5	12	22	36	51
75	5	11	20	32	46
80	4	10	18	29	41
85	4	9	16	26	37
90	4	8	14	23	33

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	2	7	15	27	40
45	2	8	16	28	42
50	3	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	19	31	46
60	4	10	20	32	48
65	4	11	21	34	49
70	5	11	21	35	50
75	5	12	22	36	52
80	5	13	23	37	53
85	6	13	24	38	54
90	6	14	25	39	55
95	7	14	25	40	56
100	7	15	26	41	57
105	7	15	27	41	58
110	8	16	27	42	59
115	8	16	28	43	60
120	8	17	29	44	61

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	4	9	18	29	43
20	4	10	20	33	49
25	4	11	21	34	50
30	4	11	21	34	50
35	4	11	21	34	50
40	4	11	21	34	50
45	4	10	20	32	48
50	4	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	17	28	41
60	3	8	16	26	37
65	3	7	14	23	34
70	3	6	13	21	31
75	2	6	11	19	27
80	2	5	10	17	24
85	2	5	9	15	22
90	2	4	8	13	20

Farmers Walk Standards (kg)

Male

Male Farmers Walk Standards (kg)

Entire Community

Weight

Bodyweight Ratio

How much weight should I carry for Farmers Walk? (kg)

By Weight and Age

By Bodyweight

By Age

Female

Female Farmers Walk Standards (kg)

Entire Community

Weight

Bodyweight Ratio

How much weight should I carry for Farmers Walk? (kg)

By Weight and Age

By Bodyweight

By Age

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What do the strength standards mean?

Data behind the Farmers Walk strength standards

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
50	4	12	24	42	63
55	5	13	27	45	66
60	6	15	29	48	70
65	7	16	31	50	73
70	7	18	33	53	76
75	8	19	35	55	79
80	9	20	36	57	81
85	10	22	38	59	84
90	11	23	40	61	86
95	12	24	41	63	89
100	13	25	43	65	91
105	14	26	44	67	93
110	14	27	46	69	95
115	15	29	47	71	97
120	16	30	49	72	99
125	17	31	50	74	101
130	17	32	51	75	103
135	18	33	52	77	105
140	19	34	54	78	106

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	17	31	50	71
20	9	20	36	57	82
25	9	20	37	58	84
30	9	20	37	58	84
35	9	20	37	58	84
40	9	20	37	58	84
45	8	19	35	55	79
50	8	18	33	52	74
55	7	17	30	48	68
60	7	15	28	44	62
65	6	14	25	39	57
70	5	12	22	36	51
75	5	11	20	32	46
80	4	10	18	29	41
85	4	9	16	26	37
90	4	8	14	23	33

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
40	2	7	15	27	40
45	2	8	16	28	42
50	3	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	19	31	46
60	4	10	20	32	48
65	4	11	21	34	49
70	5	11	21	35	50
75	5	12	22	36	52
80	5	13	23	37	53
85	6	13	24	38	54
90	6	14	25	39	55
95	7	14	25	40	56
100	7	15	26	41	57
105	7	15	27	41	58
110	8	16	27	42	59
115	8	16	28	43	60
120	8	17	29	44	61

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	4	9	18	29	43
20	4	10	20	33	49
25	4	11	21	34	50
30	4	11	21	34	50
35	4	11	21	34	50
40	4	11	21	34	50
45	4	10	20	32	48
50	4	9	18	30	44
55	3	9	17	28	41
60	3	8	16	26	37
65	3	7	14	23	34
70	3	6	13	21	31
75	2	6	11	19	27
80	2	5	10	17	24
85	2	5	9	15	22
90	2	4	8	13	20