Strength Standards / Dumbbell Shoulder Press

Dumbbell Shoulder Press Strength Standards Modeled — anchored to measured lifts

How strong is your dumbbell shoulder press? Graded Beginner → Elite for your sex, bodyweight and age. Intermediate for a 180 lb man is about 50 lb; for a 140 lb woman about 21 lb.

How do you compare?

Weight lifted (lb)

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Bodyweight (lb)

Sex

Age

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Dumbbell Shoulder Press is not contested in meets, so its ladder is modeled from the measured standards: 0.25x bench (M) / 0.24x (F) — per-hand ~40% of strict OHP. How modeled standards work.

Standards by bodyweight

Men

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
120 lb	19 lb	25 lb	34 lb	52 lb	60 lb
130 lb	21 lb	27 lb	36 lb	56 lb	65 lb
140 lb	22 lb	29 lb	39 lb	60 lb	70 lb
150 lb	24 lb	32 lb	42 lb	64 lb	75 lb
160 lb	26 lb	34 lb	45 lb	69 lb	80 lb
170 lb	27 lb	36 lb	48 lb	73 lb	85 lb
180 lb	29 lb	38 lb	50 lb	77 lb	90 lb
190 lb	30 lb	40 lb	53 lb	82 lb	95 lb
200 lb	32 lb	42 lb	56 lb	86 lb	100 lb
210 lb	34 lb	44 lb	59 lb	90 lb	105 lb
220 lb	35 lb	46 lb	62 lb	95 lb	110 lb
230 lb	37 lb	48 lb	64 lb	99 lb	115 lb
240 lb	38 lb	50 lb	67 lb	103 lb	120 lb
250 lb	40 lb	52 lb	70 lb	108 lb	125 lb
260 lb	42 lb	55 lb	73 lb	112 lb	130 lb
270 lb	43 lb	57 lb	76 lb	116 lb	135 lb
280 lb	45 lb	59 lb	78 lb	120 lb	140 lb
290 lb	46 lb	61 lb	81 lb	125 lb	145 lb
300 lb	48 lb	63 lb	84 lb	129 lb	150 lb
310 lb	50 lb	65 lb	87 lb	133 lb	155 lb

Women

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
120 lb	11 lb	14 lb	18 lb	31 lb	40 lb
130 lb	12 lb	16 lb	20 lb	34 lb	43 lb
140 lb	13 lb	17 lb	21 lb	36 lb	46 lb
150 lb	14 lb	18 lb	22 lb	39 lb	50 lb
160 lb	14 lb	19 lb	24 lb	42 lb	53 lb
170 lb	15 lb	20 lb	26 lb	44 lb	56 lb
180 lb	16 lb	22 lb	27 lb	47 lb	59 lb
190 lb	17 lb	23 lb	28 lb	49 lb	63 lb
200 lb	18 lb	24 lb	30 lb	52 lb	66 lb
210 lb	19 lb	25 lb	32 lb	55 lb	69 lb
220 lb	20 lb	26 lb	33 lb	57 lb	73 lb
230 lb	21 lb	28 lb	34 lb	60 lb	76 lb
240 lb	22 lb	29 lb	36 lb	62 lb	79 lb
250 lb	22 lb	30 lb	38 lb	65 lb	82 lb
260 lb	23 lb	31 lb	39 lb	68 lb	86 lb
270 lb	24 lb	32 lb	40 lb	70 lb	89 lb
280 lb	25 lb	34 lb	42 lb	73 lb	92 lb
290 lb	26 lb	35 lb	44 lb	75 lb	96 lb
300 lb	27 lb	36 lb	45 lb	78 lb	99 lb
310 lb	28 lb	37 lb	46 lb	81 lb	102 lb

Age adjustment

Your lift is scaled by these multipliers before grading (derived from Masters competition data):

Age	Men	Women
14-17	×1.205	×1.193
18-23	×1.012	×0.993
24-34	×1.0	×1.0
35-39	×1.042	×1.064
40-44	×1.074	×1.095
45-49	×1.109	×1.129
50-54	×1.154	×1.182
55-59	×1.194	×1.234
60-64	×1.267	×1.326
65-69	×1.344	×1.396
70-79	×1.493	×1.566

FAQ

What is a good dumbbell shoulder press for a 180 lb man?

Around 50 lb reaches Intermediate on the Strenf ladder; 90 lb is Elite. Thresholds scale with bodyweight — see the full table.

How are these dumbbell shoulder press standards calculated?

From a documented coefficient applied to measured competition standards: 0.25x bench (M) / 0.24x (F) — per-hand ~40% of strict OHP. Tiers run Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite, adjusted for sex, bodyweight and age.

Does age affect the dumbbell shoulder press standard?

Yes — standards are age-adjusted using strength-retention curves derived from Masters competition results, so a 55-year-old is graded against age-appropriate expectations.

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Bench Press · Back Squat · Deadlift · Overhead Press · Incline Bench Press · Dumbbell Bench Press

Standards: Strenf Standards Model v1 · primaries derived from OpenPowerlifting competition data (public domain) · full methodology · Track your lifts free on Strenf