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How much should you bench?

Official classes + gym levels

Seven gym levels by body weight, a row for your age from 40, and the official classes of a national federation that is a member of the IPF. One working set is enough for the tool to show where you are.

In the app: the history of every lift. Your estimated max, your best set and every workout, on a chart and in a list.

Coach.AI: the Exercise History of the barbell bench press, e1RM 105 kg, best set 90 kg for 5, eight workouts on a chart and a list

Your level

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Reps are optional: leave them out and the weight counts as your one-rep max. A set of 1-5 reps gives the sharpest number.

Enter your body weight, age and a set to see where you stand.

A class is only ever given at a meet, with judges and the rules of the IPF. This is an estimate from your set, not a title.

Not sure what your max is? Work it out from a working set.

In the gym · levels 1-7

Where you stand

Seven levels for each lift, from amateur powerlifting standards for lifters without equipment at drug-tested meets. They are a yardstick for the gym, not ranks: nobody hands them out. Heavier lifters need more, so the table goes by body weight.

Men · Bench press · gym levels 1-7, raw, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulEliteRecord
up to 52 kg57.567.57582.595110127.5
up to 56 kg62.572.58090102.5120137.5
up to 60 kg67.577.587.597.5112.5127.5147.5
up to 67.5 kg7587.597.5107.5125142.5165
up to 75 kg82.595105117.5135155180
up to 82.5 kg87.5102.5112.5127.5145167.5192.5
up to 90 kg92.5107.5120132.5152.5175202.5
up to 100 kg97.5112.5125140162.5185215
up to 110 kg100117.5132.5147.5167.5195225
up to 125 kg105122.5137.5152.5177.5202.5235
up to 140 kg110127.5142.5157.5182.5210242.5
over 140 kg112.5130145162.5187.5215250
Women · Bench press · gym levels 1-7, raw, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulEliteRecord
up to 44 kg27.532.537.54047.55562.5
up to 48 kg32.537.5404552.56070
up to 52 kg3540455057.567.577.5
up to 56 kg37.542.547.55562.572.582.5
up to 60 kg4047.552.557.567.577.590
up to 67.5 kg4552.557.5657585100
up to 75 kg47.557.562.5708092.5107.5
up to 82.5 kg52.56067.5758597.5115
up to 90 kg5562.57077.590102.5120
over 90 kg57.56572.58092.5107.5122.5

Gym levels: reference numbers from amateur raw powerlifting standards (drug-tested), shown as levels rather than titles. Raw here allows knee sleeves and knee wraps.

After 40

From 40 the tables go by decade, and each one asks a little less. These rows have six levels: the top one stays with the open table. The tool shows this row next to your open level.

Training after 40? A gym plan built for over 40 gives you more rest between sets.

Men · Bench press · ages 40-49 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 52 kg556572.577.590105
up to 56 kg607077.58597.5115
up to 60 kg657582.592.5107.5122.5
up to 67.5 kg7082.592.5102.5117.5135
up to 75 kg7590100110127.5147.5
up to 82.5 kg8095107.5117.5135160
up to 90 kg85100115125145167.5
up to 100 kg90105120132.5155175
up to 110 kg95110125140162.5185
up to 125 kg100115130145167.5192.5
up to 140 kg105120135150172.5200
over 140 kg107.5122.5137.5155177.5205
Men · Bench press · ages 50-59 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 52 kg5057.5657082.595
up to 56 kg5562.5707587.5102.5
up to 60 kg6067.57582.595110
up to 67.5 kg657582.590105122.5
up to 75 kg7082.590100115132.5
up to 82.5 kg7587.595107.5122.5142.5
up to 90 kg8092.5100112.5130150
up to 100 kg82.597.5105120137.5157.5
up to 110 kg85102.5110125142.5167.5
up to 125 kg87.5107.5115130152.5175
up to 140 kg95110120135157.5180
over 140 kg97.5112.5125137.5162.5185
Men · Bench press · ages 60-69 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 52 kg42.55055607080
up to 56 kg4552.560657587.5
up to 60 kg5057.5657082.592.5
up to 67.5 kg5562.57077.590102.5
up to 75 kg6067.5758597.5112.5
up to 82.5 kg62.572.58092.5105120
up to 90 kg6577.58597.5110127.5
up to 100 kg7082.590102.5117.5135
up to 110 kg72.58595107.5122.5142.5
up to 125 kg7590100112.5127.5147.5
up to 140 kg8092.5102.5115132.5152.5
over 140 kg82.595105117.5137.5157.5
Men · Bench press · ages 70-79 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 52 kg37.54547.552.562.572.5
up to 56 kg4047.552.557.567.577.5
up to 60 kg455057.562.572.582.5
up to 67.5 kg505562.567.58092.5
up to 75 kg556067.572.587.5102.5
up to 82.5 kg57.56572.577.595110
up to 90 kg62.57077.582.5100115
up to 100 kg657582.587.5105120
up to 110 kg67.577.587.592.5110127.5
up to 125 kg70809097.5115132.5
up to 140 kg72.582.592.5102.5120137.5
over 140 kg758595107.5122.5142.5
Men · Bench press · ages 80-89 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 52 kg32.54042.547.55565
up to 56 kg3542.547.552.56070
up to 60 kg4047.552.557.56575
up to 67.5 kg4552.557.562.57085
up to 75 kg5057.56067.57592.5
up to 82.5 kg52.562.56572.58097.5
up to 90 kg55657077.590102.5
up to 100 kg57.567.57582.595107.5
up to 110 kg607077.587.5100112.5
up to 125 kg62.572.58090105117.5
up to 140 kg657582.592.5107.5122.5
over 140 kg67.577.58595110127.5
Women · Bench press · ages 40-49 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 44 kg25303537.54552.5
up to 48 kg303537.542.55057.5
up to 52 kg32.537.542.547.55565
up to 56 kg35404552.56070
up to 60 kg37.54550556575
up to 67.5 kg42.5505562.57080
up to 75 kg45556067.57587.5
up to 82.5 kg5057.56572.58092.5
up to 90 kg52.56067.5758597.5
over 90 kg5562.57077.587.5102.5
Women · Bench press · ages 50-59 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 44 kg22.527.532.5354047.5
up to 48 kg27.532.53537.54552.5
up to 52 kg303537.542.55057.5
up to 56 kg32.537.54047.552.562.5
up to 60 kg3540455057.567.5
up to 67.5 kg37.545505562.572.5
up to 75 kg4050556067.580
up to 82.5 kg4552.557.56572.582.5
up to 90 kg47.5556067.577.587.5
over 90 kg5057.562.5708092.5
Women · Bench press · ages 60-69 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 44 kg2022.527.5303540
up to 48 kg22.5253032.537.545
up to 52 kg2527.532.5354050
up to 56 kg27.53035404552.5
up to 60 kg303537.542.55055
up to 67.5 kg32.537.54047.55560
up to 75 kg354042.5506065
up to 82.5 kg37.542.547.55562.570
up to 90 kg40455057.56575
over 90 kg42.547.552.56067.577.5
Women · Bench press · ages 70-79 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 44 kg·202527.53035
up to 48 kg2022.527.53032.540
up to 52 kg22.5253032.53545
up to 56 kg2527.532.5354047.5
up to 60 kg27.5303537.54550
up to 67.5 kg3032.537.542.55055
up to 75 kg32.535404552.557.5
up to 82.5 kg3537.542.5505562.5
up to 90 kg37.5404552.557.567.5
over 90 kg4042.547.5556070
Women · Bench press · ages 80-89 · levels 1-6, kg
Body weightStarterConfidentStrongVery strongMasterfulElite
up to 44 kg··22.52527.530
up to 48 kg·202527.53035
up to 52 kg2022.527.53032.540
up to 56 kg22.5253032.53542.5
up to 60 kg2527.532.5354045
up to 67.5 kg27.5303537.54550
up to 75 kg3032.537.54047.552.5
up to 82.5 kg32.53540455055
up to 90 kg3537.542.547.552.560
over 90 kg37.54045505562.5

Official · national IPF member federation

Powerlifting classification

The classes and titles of a national powerlifting federation that is a member of the IPF, the ones a lifter earns at its meets. The IPF itself sets weight classes, rules and records, not classes. Classic means no wraps or bench shirt, knee sleeves allowed; the equipped table is a tab away.

Men · Bench press · Classic · national IPF member federation, kg
Body weightMSICMSCMSIIIIIIYouth IYouth IIYouth III
up to 46 kg··827567.557.5504540
up to 49 kg··9582.57567.557.552.547.5
up to 53 kg137.5122.510592.585756557.552.5
up to 59 kg150135117.5102.595857567.560
up to 66 kg162.5147.513011510592.582.57567.5
up to 74 kg177.5160142.5125112.51009082.575
up to 83 kg192.5172.5152.5135120107.597.59080
up to 93 kg205182.5162.5142.5127.5115102.59585
up to 105 kg217.5195172.5152.513512011010090
up to 120 kg227.5205182.5162.5142.5127.5115107.595
over 120 kg240217.5192.5172.5152.5137.5120110100
Men · Bench press · Equipped · national IPF member federation, kg
Body weightMSICMSCMSIIIIIIYouth IYouth IIYouth III
up to 46 kg··107.592.58072.56557.550
up to 49 kg··11095857567.56052.5
up to 53 kg15514012010592.582.5756557.5
up to 59 kg177.5160137.512010592.5857565
up to 66 kg202.5180155135117.5105958575
up to 74 kg225200172.5150130117.51059582.5
up to 83 kg245217.5187.5162.5142.5127.5115102.590
up to 93 kg260232.5200172.5152.5137.5122.511097.5
up to 105 kg275245212.5182.5162.5145130115102.5
up to 120 kg285255222.5190170152.5135120107.5
over 120 kg302.5267.5230197.5175157.5140122.5110
Women · Bench press · Classic · national IPF member federation, kg
Body weightMSICMSCMSIIIIIIYouth IYouth IIYouth III
up to 40 kg··57.5504540353027.5
up to 43 kg757065555045403532.5
up to 47 kg82.577.572.562.555504537.535
up to 52 kg92.587.5807062.5555042.540
up to 57 kg10092.5857567.560554542.5
up to 63 kg105100908072.56557.55045
up to 69 kg1101059582.57567.56052.547.5
up to 76 kg115107.510087.5807062.55550
up to 84 kg117.5112.5102.59082.572.56557.552.5
over 84 kg122.5117.5107.59587.577.567.56055
Women · Bench press · Equipped · national IPF member federation, kg
Body weightMSICMSCMSIIIIIIYouth IYouth IIYouth III
up to 40 kg··67.56052.547.542.537.532.5
up to 43 kg97.58572.56557.552.5454037.5
up to 47 kg10595807062.557.5504540
up to 52 kg115102.59077.57062.5555045
up to 57 kg1251109582.57567.557.552.547.5
up to 63 kg135120102.590807062.557.550
up to 69 kg142.5127.5107.5958575656052.5
up to 76 kg152.5132.5112.51009077.57062.555
up to 84 kg1601401201059582.572.56557.5
over 84 kg172.5152.5130115102.590807062.5
01

How the tool counts

From your set it estimates a one-rep max with the Epley formula: weight × (1 + reps / 30). It's the same formula as our 1RM calculator and the Coach.AI app, so the numbers agree. A single rep is taken as it is.

A set of 1-5 reps gives the sharpest number. From a set of 15 the estimate drifts, and the class it shows will look better than it would on a platform.

02

Classic, equipped and your class

Classic means no wraps and no supportive gear; knee sleeves are fine. Equipped lifters press in a stiff bench shirt and squat in a suit, which is why their standards are higher. The tool works with classic.

Your weight class is the first one you fit into: at 80 kg that's up to 83. The lightest classes are for younger lifters only, so a 24-year-old man at 51 kg competes up to 59.

03

A class is earned on the platform

A class or title is given only for a result at a meet: judges, squat depth, a pause on the chest in the bench and an official record of the result. Master of Sport, International Class is done only at international IPF or EPF meets.

Coach.AI shows no classes. It logs your sets, estimates your max, keeps your records and builds your next week from them. When you want to see what the number means, this is the page.

Questions people ask

How much should I bench for my body weight?

On the gym levels, a man of 82.5 kg (182 lb) is at Strong from 112.5 kg and at Very strong from 127.5 kg. A woman of 60 kg is at Strong from 52.5 kg. Lighter lifters need less and heavier ones more, which is why every number above goes by body weight.

What is a good bench press?

It depends on who's asking. On the gym levels, Strong is where years of steady training start to show. On the official classification, a man up to 83 kg needs 107.5 kg for class III and 152.5 kg for Candidate Master in the classic bench.

What's the difference between classic and equipped?

Classic lifters wear a belt, wrist wraps and knee sleeves at most. Equipped lifters use a stiff bench shirt, a squat suit and knee wraps, which add a lot to the bar, so their standards are higher.

Why does the squat have no official classes?

The classification has separate standards only for the bench press, which has meets of its own. The squat and the deadlift count inside the total. For them the site has gym levels 1-7.

What are levels 1-7?

Reference numbers for the gym, from amateur powerlifting standards for lifters without equipment at drug-tested meets. They're no titles and nobody awards them, but they exist for every lift and, from 40, for your age.

Does the tool take age into account?

Yes. From 13 to 18 the youth classes join the scale; Master of Sport is given from 15 and the international class from 16. From 40 you also get a level for your age, and those standards drop with each decade.

Coach.AI

Keep the number with you

Coach.AI logs your sets as you train and estimates your max after every workout, so you always have a fresh number to check against these tables. It shows no classes, those come from meets. It does build your next week from what you lifted.

The first week of your .AI plan is free.

Coach.AI: the first screen of the app, The Plan Remembers, with Get Started
Coach.AI: the Exercise History of the barbell bench press, e1RM 105 kg, best set 90 kg for 5, eight workouts on a chart and a list
Coach.AI: the Home screen, today's workout Pull day with Start workout, the week so far and Ask your coach