Bench Press strength standards
Compound ranks the Bench Press from Iron to Olympian, 25 levels, as a one-rep max. Gold I is 169 lb for men and 72 lb for women; Olympian is 339 lb and 201 lb. Here is the whole ladder, and where your best set lands.
Where does your best set land?
Type a set and it lands on the ladder.
The ladder
One-rep max at each level. Switch the units above; the ladder follows.
| Level | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| start | start | |
| 102 lb | 47.5 lb | |
| 109 lb | 50 lb | |
| 117 lb | 52.5 lb | |
| 126 lb | 55 lb | |
| 134 lb | 57.5 lb | |
| 142 lb | 60 lb | |
| 150 lb | 62.5 lb | |
| 160 lb | 65 lb | |
| 169 lb | 72 lb | |
| 178 lb | 78 lb | |
| 188 lb | 84.5 lb | |
| 198 lb | 91.5 lb | |
| 208 lb | 99.5 lb | |
| 219 lb | 107 lb | |
| 230 lb | 115 lb | |
| 240 lb | 123 lb | |
| 251 lb | 132 lb | |
| 263 lb | 141 lb | |
| 275 lb | 151 lb | |
| 287 lb | 160 lb | |
| 299 lb | 169 lb | |
| 312 lb | 179 lb | |
| 325 lb | 190 lb | |
| 339 lb | 201 lb |
How Compound reads it
- Your best set counts. The app estimates a one-rep max from any set: the weight times one plus the reps over thirty, with reps capped at 12. 145 lb for 5 reps estimates 169.2 lb, which clears Gold I at 169 lb on the men's ladder.
- The ladders are read at a reference bodyweight, 180 lb for men and 140 lb for women, and anchored to strength data for people who lift. Iron I is where the map places everyone to start; Iron II is the first gate.
- A rank, once earned, is kept. The map's level can step back when a weight is missed; the rank you reached does not.
- The app uses your profile's ladder. Pick the men's or the women's ladder above to read the one that applies to you.
The other ranked lifts
See your rank on the map.
Tell Compound what you lift and it places you at your level on each ranked lift, then picks the weights that walk you up to the next level.
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