Sit Ups

Sit Ups Standards (kg)

The average rep count for Sit Ups is 54 reps for men and 41 reps for women. Compare your rep count by bodyweight and age below.

Male Sit Ups Standards

Entire Community

Strength LevelReps
Beginner 5
Novice 25
Intermediate 54
Advanced 90
Elite 133

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

How many reps of Sit Ups can the average lifter do? The average male lifter can do 54 reps of Sit Ups. This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive achievement.

Reps By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
50 5 32 69 115 167
55 6 30 65 108 157
60 6 29 62 103 148
65 6 28 59 97 140
70 5 27 56 93 133
75 5 25 54 88 126
80 5 24 52 84 121
85 5 23 49 81 115
90 4 22 47 77 110
95 4 21 45 74 106
100 4 20 44 71 102
105 3 19 42 68 98
110 3 19 40 66 94
115 2 18 39 64 91
120 2 17 37 61 88
125 2 16 36 59 85
130 1 15 35 57 82
135 1 15 33 55 79
140 < 1 14 32 53 77

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

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

3x10 9%
3x20 8%
3x15 6%
4x25 5%
3x12 4%

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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 Sit Ups strength standards

Strength Level analysed 66,454 qualifying results from 645,823 community lifts to produce our Sit Ups strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 645,823
Qualifying results 66,454
Male results 56,005
Female results 10,449
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.

Related Body Size Standards

Waist

Men 89 cm Women 78 cm

Waist Size Standards (cm)

3,774 user measurements 2022–2026