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Overhead press standards

At 80kg bodyweight, an intermediate overhead press is about 65kg — 0.8× bodyweight.

Standards are multiples of bodyweight, rounded to the nearest 2.5kg — the smallest increment a barbell offers. They describe what lifters at a bodyweight tend to lift; they are not a target anybody has to hit.

male

BodyweightNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExceptionalMasterWorld Class
50kg17.5kg27.5kg40kg50kg60kg72.5kg
55kg20kg30kg45kg55kg65kg80kg
60kg20kg32.5kg47.5kg60kg72.5kg87.5kg
65kg22.5kg35kg52.5kg65kg77.5kg95kg
70kg25kg37.5kg55kg70kg85kg102.5kg
75kg27.5kg42.5kg60kg75kg90kg110kg
80kg27.5kg45kg65kg80kg95kg115kg
85kg30kg47.5kg67.5kg85kg102.5kg122.5kg
90kg32.5kg50kg72.5kg90kg107.5kg130kg
95kg32.5kg52.5kg75kg95kg115kg137.5kg
100kg35kg55kg80kg100kg120kg145kg
105kg37.5kg57.5kg85kg105kg125kg152.5kg
110kg37.5kg60kg87.5kg110kg132.5kg160kg
115kg40kg62.5kg92.5kg115kg137.5kg167.5kg
120kg42.5kg65kg95kg120kg145kg175kg

female

BodyweightNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExceptionalMasterWorld Class
50kg10kg17.5kg25kg32.5kg40kg47.5kg
55kg10kg20kg27.5kg35kg45kg52.5kg
60kg12.5kg20kg30kg40kg47.5kg57.5kg
65kg12.5kg22.5kg32.5kg42.5kg52.5kg62.5kg
70kg15kg25kg35kg45kg55kg67.5kg
75kg15kg27.5kg37.5kg50kg60kg72.5kg
80kg15kg27.5kg40kg52.5kg65kg75kg
85kg17.5kg30kg42.5kg55kg67.5kg80kg
90kg17.5kg32.5kg45kg57.5kg72.5kg85kg
95kg20kg32.5kg47.5kg62.5kg75kg90kg
100kg20kg35kg50kg65kg80kg95kg
105kg20kg37.5kg52.5kg67.5kg85kg100kg
110kg22.5kg37.5kg55kg72.5kg87.5kg105kg
115kg22.5kg40kg57.5kg75kg92.5kg110kg
120kg25kg42.5kg60kg77.5kg95kg115kg

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