Farmers Walk Standards (lb)

The average Farmers Walk weight is 81 lb per hand for men and 46 lb 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 (lb)

Weight

Strength Level	Weight
Beginner	20 lb
Novice	45 lb
Intermediate	81 lb
Advanced	129 lb
Elite	184 lb

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? (lb)

What is the average Farmers Walk weight? The average Farmers Walk weight for a male lifter is 81 lb 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 20 lb 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
110	8	26	54	92	139
120	10	29	58	98	146
130	12	32	63	104	152
140	14	35	67	109	159
150	16	38	71	114	165
160	18	40	74	119	171
170	19	43	78	123	176
180	21	46	81	128	181
190	23	48	85	132	186
200	25	51	88	136	191
210	26	53	91	140	196
220	28	55	94	144	200
230	30	58	97	147	205
240	31	60	100	151	209
250	33	62	103	154	213
260	34	64	106	158	217
270	36	66	109	161	221
280	37	68	111	164	224
290	39	70	114	167	228
300	40	72	116	170	232
310	42	74	119	173	235

By Age

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	17	38	69	110	157
20	19	43	79	126	180
25	20	45	81	129	184
30	20	45	81	129	184
35	20	45	81	129	184
40	20	45	81	129	184
45	19	42	77	122	175
50	18	39	72	114	163
55	16	36	66	105	151
60	15	33	61	96	138
65	13	30	55	87	125
70	12	27	49	78	112
75	11	24	44	70	101
80	10	22	40	63	90
85	9	19	36	56	81
90	8	17	32	51	72

Female

Female Farmers Walk Standards (lb)

Entire Community

Weight
Bodyweight Ratio

Weight

Strength Level	Weight
Beginner	9 lb
Novice	24 lb
Intermediate	46 lb
Advanced	75 lb
Elite	111 lb

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? (lb)

What is the average Farmers Walk weight? The average Farmers Walk weight for a female lifter is 46 lb 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 9 lb 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
90	5	15	34	59	90
100	6	17	36	62	94
110	6	19	39	65	98
120	7	20	41	68	101
130	8	22	43	71	104
140	9	23	45	73	107
150	10	24	46	76	110
160	11	26	48	78	113
170	12	27	50	80	115
180	12	28	52	82	118
190	13	29	53	84	120
200	14	30	55	86	122
210	15	31	56	88	124
220	15	32	57	89	126
230	16	33	59	91	128
240	17	34	60	93	130
250	17	35	61	94	132
260	18	36	62	96	134

By Age

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	20	39	64	94
20	9	23	45	74	108
25	9	24	46	75	111
30	9	24	46	75	111
35	9	24	46	75	111
40	9	24	46	75	111
45	9	22	43	71	105
50	8	21	41	67	98
55	7	19	37	62	90
60	7	18	34	56	83
65	6	16	31	51	75
70	6	14	28	46	67
75	5	13	25	41	60
80	4	11	22	37	54
85	4	10	20	33	48
90	4	9	18	30	43

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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 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
110	8	26	54	92	139
120	10	29	58	98	146
130	12	32	63	104	152
140	14	35	67	109	159
150	16	38	71	114	165
160	18	40	74	119	171
170	19	43	78	123	176
180	21	46	81	128	181
190	23	48	85	132	186
200	25	51	88	136	191
210	26	53	91	140	196
220	28	55	94	144	200
230	30	58	97	147	205
240	31	60	100	151	209
250	33	62	103	154	213
260	34	64	106	158	217
270	36	66	109	161	221
280	37	68	111	164	224
290	39	70	114	167	228
300	40	72	116	170	232
310	42	74	119	173	235

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	17	38	69	110	157
20	19	43	79	126	180
25	20	45	81	129	184
30	20	45	81	129	184
35	20	45	81	129	184
40	20	45	81	129	184
45	19	42	77	122	175
50	18	39	72	114	163
55	16	36	66	105	151
60	15	33	61	96	138
65	13	30	55	87	125
70	12	27	49	78	112
75	11	24	44	70	101
80	10	22	40	63	90
85	9	19	36	56	81
90	8	17	32	51	72

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
90	5	15	34	59	90
100	6	17	36	62	94
110	6	19	39	65	98
120	7	20	41	68	101
130	8	22	43	71	104
140	9	23	45	73	107
150	10	24	46	76	110
160	11	26	48	78	113
170	12	27	50	80	115
180	12	28	52	82	118
190	13	29	53	84	120
200	14	30	55	86	122
210	15	31	56	88	124
220	15	32	57	89	126
230	16	33	59	91	128
240	17	34	60	93	130
250	17	35	61	94	132
260	18	36	62	96	134

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	20	39	64	94
20	9	23	45	74	108
25	9	24	46	75	111
30	9	24	46	75	111
35	9	24	46	75	111
40	9	24	46	75	111
45	9	22	43	71	105
50	8	21	41	67	98
55	7	19	37	62	90
60	7	18	34	56	83
65	6	16	31	51	75
70	6	14	28	46	67
75	5	13	25	41	60
80	4	11	22	37	54
85	4	10	20	33	48
90	4	9	18	30	43

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
110	8	26	54	92	139
120	10	29	58	98	146
130	12	32	63	104	152
140	14	35	67	109	159
150	16	38	71	114	165
160	18	40	74	119	171
170	19	43	78	123	176
180	21	46	81	128	181
190	23	48	85	132	186
200	25	51	88	136	191
210	26	53	91	140	196
220	28	55	94	144	200
230	30	58	97	147	205
240	31	60	100	151	209
250	33	62	103	154	213
260	34	64	106	158	217
270	36	66	109	161	221
280	37	68	111	164	224
290	39	70	114	167	228
300	40	72	116	170	232
310	42	74	119	173	235

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	17	38	69	110	157
20	19	43	79	126	180
25	20	45	81	129	184
30	20	45	81	129	184
35	20	45	81	129	184
40	20	45	81	129	184
45	19	42	77	122	175
50	18	39	72	114	163
55	16	36	66	105	151
60	15	33	61	96	138
65	13	30	55	87	125
70	12	27	49	78	112
75	11	24	44	70	101
80	10	22	40	63	90
85	9	19	36	56	81
90	8	17	32	51	72

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
90	5	15	34	59	90
100	6	17	36	62	94
110	6	19	39	65	98
120	7	20	41	68	101
130	8	22	43	71	104
140	9	23	45	73	107
150	10	24	46	76	110
160	11	26	48	78	113
170	12	27	50	80	115
180	12	28	52	82	118
190	13	29	53	84	120
200	14	30	55	86	122
210	15	31	56	88	124
220	15	32	57	89	126
230	16	33	59	91	128
240	17	34	60	93	130
250	17	35	61	94	132
260	18	36	62	96	134

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	20	39	64	94
20	9	23	45	74	108
25	9	24	46	75	111
30	9	24	46	75	111
35	9	24	46	75	111
40	9	24	46	75	111
45	9	22	43	71	105
50	8	21	41	67	98
55	7	19	37	62	90
60	7	18	34	56	83
65	6	16	31	51	75
70	6	14	28	46	67
75	5	13	25	41	60
80	4	11	22	37	54
85	4	10	20	33	48
90	4	9	18	30	43

Farmers Walk Standards (lb)

Male

Male Farmers Walk Standards (lb)

Entire Community

Weight

Bodyweight Ratio

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

By Weight and Age

By Bodyweight

By Age

Female

Female Farmers Walk Standards (lb)

Entire Community

Weight

Bodyweight Ratio

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

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
110	8	26	54	92	139
120	10	29	58	98	146
130	12	32	63	104	152
140	14	35	67	109	159
150	16	38	71	114	165
160	18	40	74	119	171
170	19	43	78	123	176
180	21	46	81	128	181
190	23	48	85	132	186
200	25	51	88	136	191
210	26	53	91	140	196
220	28	55	94	144	200
230	30	58	97	147	205
240	31	60	100	151	209
250	33	62	103	154	213
260	34	64	106	158	217
270	36	66	109	161	221
280	37	68	111	164	224
290	39	70	114	167	228
300	40	72	116	170	232
310	42	74	119	173	235

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	17	38	69	110	157
20	19	43	79	126	180
25	20	45	81	129	184
30	20	45	81	129	184
35	20	45	81	129	184
40	20	45	81	129	184
45	19	42	77	122	175
50	18	39	72	114	163
55	16	36	66	105	151
60	15	33	61	96	138
65	13	30	55	87	125
70	12	27	49	78	112
75	11	24	44	70	101
80	10	22	40	63	90
85	9	19	36	56	81
90	8	17	32	51	72

BW	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
90	5	15	34	59	90
100	6	17	36	62	94
110	6	19	39	65	98
120	7	20	41	68	101
130	8	22	43	71	104
140	9	23	45	73	107
150	10	24	46	76	110
160	11	26	48	78	113
170	12	27	50	80	115
180	12	28	52	82	118
190	13	29	53	84	120
200	14	30	55	86	122
210	15	31	56	88	124
220	15	32	57	89	126
230	16	33	59	91	128
240	17	34	60	93	130
250	17	35	61	94	132
260	18	36	62	96	134

Age	Beg.	Nov.	Int.	Adv.	Elite
15	8	20	39	64	94
20	9	23	45	74	108
25	9	24	46	75	111
30	9	24	46	75	111
35	9	24	46	75	111
40	9	24	46	75	111
45	9	22	43	71	105
50	8	21	41	67	98
55	7	19	37	62	90
60	7	18	34	56	83
65	6	16	31	51	75
70	6	14	28	46	67
75	5	13	25	41	60
80	4	11	22	37	54
85	4	10	20	33	48
90	4	9	18	30	43