Strength Standards: What is Considered Strong? Comparing Novice, Competitive and World Class Lifts

Summary by Krater

The video outlines strength standards for men across squat, bench press, deadlift, and overhead press, categorized by experience levels from novice up to world records.

From the video

Answers: What are the strength standards for men across novice, trained, competitor, and world levels?

• strength standards
• powerlifting milestones
• novice strength levels
• trained strength levels
• competitor strength levels
• world class strength levels

What it concludes

• Keeping goal posts rigid and honest prevents lifters from constantly moving them or diminishing their progress.
• Novice standards represent capabilities well above the median sedentary Western male.
• A 400 lb squat, 315 lb bench press, and 500 lb deadlift put a lifter in the category of being strongly and objectively universal.
• A 900 lb squat or deadlift firmly establishes a lifter at the world level.
• Eddie Hall holds a 500 kg deadlift record.
• Julius Maddox holds a 770 lb bench press record and aims for 800 lbs.