One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl

One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl Standards (kg)

The average One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl is 20 kg for men and 12 kg for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl

Male One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl Standards (kg)

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Strength LevelWeight
Beginner 8 kg
Novice 13 kg
Intermediate 20 kg
Advanced 29 kg
Elite 38 kg

How much should I be able to One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl? (kg)

What is the average One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl? The average One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl weight for a male lifter is 20 kg (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl? Male beginners should aim to lift 8 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 5 8 14 20 28
55 5 10 15 22 30
60 6 11 16 24 32
65 7 12 18 25 34
70 8 13 19 27 35
75 9 14 20 28 37
80 9 15 21 30 39
85 10 16 23 31 40
90 11 17 24 32 42
95 12 17 25 33 43
100 12 18 26 35 44
105 13 19 27 36 46
110 14 20 28 37 47
115 14 21 29 38 48
120 15 22 30 39 49
125 16 22 31 40 50
130 16 23 31 41 52
135 17 24 32 42 53
140 17 24 33 43 54

How many sets and reps of One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl should I do?

These are the most popular One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl workouts done by male lifters:

3x10 21%
3x12 14%
3x8 11%
4x10 6%
2x10 5%

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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 One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl strength standards

Strength Level analysed 23,015 qualifying results from 133,879 community lifts to produce our One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 133,879
Qualifying results 23,015
Male results 21,968
Female results 1,047
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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.