Pull Ups

Pull Ups Standards (lb)

The average rep count for Pull Ups is 13 reps for men and 6 reps for women. Compare your rep count by bodyweight and age below.

Male Pull Ups Standards

Entire Community

Strength LevelReps
Beginner < 1
Novice 7
Intermediate 13
Advanced 21
Elite 30

How many reps of Pull Ups should I be able to do?

How many reps of Pull Ups can the average lifter do? The average male lifter can do 13 reps of Pull Ups. This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive achievement.

Reps By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
110 < 1 6 14 24 34
120 < 1 7 14 24 34
130 < 1 7 14 23 33
140 < 1 7 14 23 32
150 < 1 7 14 22 31
160 < 1 7 14 22 30
170 < 1 7 13 21 29
180 1 7 13 21 28
190 1 7 13 20 28
200 1 7 12 19 27
210 1 7 12 19 26
220 < 1 6 11 18 25
230 < 1 6 11 18 24
240 < 1 6 11 17 24
250 < 1 6 10 16 23
260 < 1 5 10 16 22
270 < 1 5 10 15 21
280 < 1 5 9 15 21
290 < 1 5 9 14 20
300 < 1 4 9 14 19
310 < 1 4 9 13 19

1RM Weight (lb)

If the standard is negative, you have assistance weight. If positive, you add on weight using a weight belt.

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
110 -12 lb +16 lb +49 lb +85 lb +124 lb
120 -10 lb +19 lb +54 lb +92 lb +133 lb
130 -8 lb +23 lb +59 lb +99 lb +140 lb
140 -7 lb +25 lb +63 lb +104 lb +147 lb
150 -6 lb +28 lb +66 lb +109 lb +153 lb
160 -5 lb +30 lb +70 lb +113 lb +159 lb
170 -5 lb +31 lb +72 lb +117 lb +164 lb
180 -4 lb +32 lb +74 lb +120 lb +168 lb
190 -5 lb +33 lb +76 lb +123 lb +172 lb
200 -5 lb +34 lb +78 lb +126 lb +175 lb
210 -6 lb +34 lb +79 lb +128 lb +178 lb
220 -6 lb +34 lb +80 lb +130 lb +181 lb
230 -7 lb +34 lb +80 lb +131 lb +183 lb
240 -9 lb +33 lb +81 lb +132 lb +185 lb
250 -10 lb +32 lb +81 lb +133 lb +186 lb
260 -12 lb +31 lb +81 lb +133 lb +188 lb
270 -14 lb +30 lb +80 lb +134 lb +189 lb
280 -16 lb +29 lb +79 lb +134 lb +189 lb
290 -18 lb +27 lb +79 lb +134 lb +190 lb
300 -20 lb +26 lb +77 lb +133 lb +190 lb
310 -23 lb +24 lb +76 lb +132 lb +190 lb

How many sets and reps of Pull Ups should I do?

These are the most popular Pull Ups workouts done by male lifters:

3x5 11%
3x10 10%
3x8 8%
5x5 6%
3x6 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 Pull Ups strength standards

Strength Level analysed 1,348,109 qualifying results from 4,852,758 community lifts to produce our Pull Ups strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 4,852,758
Qualifying results 1,348,109
Male results 1,220,115
Female results 127,994
Data start
Data cutoff

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