Safety Bar Squat

Safety Bar Squat Standards (lb)

The average Safety Bar Squat is 336 lb for men and 188 lb for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

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Our Safety Bar Squat strength standards are based on 123,527 lifts by Strength Level users from 2020 to 2026. More...
Safety Bar Squat

Male Safety Bar Squat Standards (lb)

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Strength LevelWeight
Beginner 155 lb
Novice 235 lb
Intermediate 336 lb
Advanced 456 lb
Elite 587 lb

How much should I be able to Safety Bar Squat? (lb)

What is the average Safety Bar Squat? The average Safety Bar Squat weight for a male lifter is 336 lb (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Safety Bar Squat? Male beginners should aim to lift 155 lb (1RM) which is still impressive compared to the general population.

Barbell weights include the weight of the bar, normally 20 kg / 44 lb.

By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
110 63 109 169 243 326
120 77 126 191 269 356
130 90 144 212 294 385
140 104 161 233 318 412
150 118 177 253 342 439
160 131 194 272 364 465
170 144 210 291 386 489
180 157 225 310 407 513
190 170 241 328 428 536
200 183 256 345 448 558
210 195 270 362 467 580
220 208 285 379 486 601
230 220 299 395 504 621
240 232 313 411 522 641
250 243 326 426 540 661
260 255 340 442 557 680
270 266 353 457 574 698
280 277 366 471 590 716
290 288 378 485 606 734
300 299 390 499 622 751
310 310 403 513 637 768

How many sets and reps of Safety Bar Squat should I do?

These are the most popular Safety Bar Squat workouts done by male lifters:

3x5 14%
3x10 13%
3x8 8%
4x5 7%
5x5 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 Safety Bar Squat strength standards

Strength Level analysed 10,254 qualifying results from 123,527 community lifts to produce our Safety Bar Squat strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 123,527
Qualifying results 10,254
Male results 8,876
Female results 1,378
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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.

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