Dumbbell Calf Raise

Dumbbell Calf Raise shows average weight and strength standards as a reference for legs. Primary muscles: Calves.

Average weight: Intermediate

Reference for an intermediate lifter.

Men 85 lb

Women 48 lb

Dumbbell Calf Raise: Average weight [1RM]

Level
Beginner	17 lb	16 lb
Novice	44 lb	30 lb
Intermediate	85 lb	48 lb
Advanced	139 lb	71 lb
Elite	202 lb	98 lb

Note: These standards are 1RM estimates based on average lifters. Bodyweight, age, and other personal factors can affect the values. See the detailed tables below.

Dumbbell Calf Raise: Strength standards (lb)

By bodyweight
By age

Men by bodyweight (lb) [1RM]

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
110	7	26	58	102	155
120	9	30	63	109	165
130	12	34	69	116	173
140	14	37	74	123	181
150	16	41	79	129	189
160	18	44	84	136	197
170	20	48	88	141	204
180	23	51	93	147	211
190	25	54	97	153	217
200	27	58	102	158	224
210	29	61	106	163	230
220	31	64	110	168	236
230	33	67	114	173	241
240	36	70	117	178	247
250	38	72	121	182	252
260	40	75	125	187	257
270	42	78	128	191	262
280	44	81	132	195	267
290	46	83	135	199	272
300	47	86	138	203	277
310	49	88	142	207	281

Men by age [1RM]

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	15	37	72	118	172
20	17	43	82	135	197
25	17	44	85	139	202
30	17	44	85	139	202
35	17	44	85	139	202
40	17	44	85	139	202
45	16	42	80	131	192
50	15	39	75	123	180
55	14	36	70	114	167
60	13	33	64	104	152
65	12	30	57	94	138
70	11	27	52	84	123
75	9	24	46	76	110
80	8	21	41	68	99
85	8	19	37	61	88
90	7	17	33	55	80

Women by bodyweight (lb) [1RM]

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
90	9	20	35	53	75
100	11	22	37	57	80
110	13	24	40	61	84
120	14	26	43	64	88
130	15	28	45	67	91
140	17	30	48	70	95
150	18	32	50	73	98
160	20	34	52	75	101
170	21	35	54	78	104
180	22	37	56	80	106
190	23	38	58	82	109
200	24	40	60	84	112
210	26	41	62	87	114
220	27	43	64	89	116
230	28	44	65	91	119
240	29	45	67	93	121
250	30	47	69	94	123
260	31	48	70	96	125

Women by age [1RM]

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	14	25	41	61	83
20	16	29	47	70	95
25	16	30	48	71	98
30	16	30	48	71	98
35	16	30	48	71	98
40	16	30	48	71	98
45	16	28	46	68	93
50	15	27	43	64	87
55	13	25	40	59	80
60	12	22	36	54	73
65	11	20	33	49	66
70	10	18	30	44	59
75	9	16	26	39	53
80	8	15	24	35	48
85	7	13	21	31	43
90	6	12	19	28	38

Note: Dumbbell weights in the table are for one dumbbell.

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How to read the table

Level	Description	Distribution
Beginner	Has learned proper form and trained consistently for at least 1 month.	Bottom 5%
Novice	Has trained consistently for at least 6 months.	Top 80%
Intermediate	Has trained consistently for at least 2 years.	Top 50%
Advanced	Has trained consistently for more than 5 years.	Top 20%
Elite	Has specialized in this exercise for more than 5 years.	Top 5%

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Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
110	7	26	58	102	155
120	9	30	63	109	165
130	12	34	69	116	173
140	14	37	74	123	181
150	16	41	79	129	189
160	18	44	84	136	197
170	20	48	88	141	204
180	23	51	93	147	211
190	25	54	97	153	217
200	27	58	102	158	224
210	29	61	106	163	230
220	31	64	110	168	236
230	33	67	114	173	241
240	36	70	117	178	247
250	38	72	121	182	252
260	40	75	125	187	257
270	42	78	128	191	262
280	44	81	132	195	267
290	46	83	135	199	272
300	47	86	138	203	277
310	49	88	142	207	281

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	15	37	72	118	172
20	17	43	82	135	197
25	17	44	85	139	202
30	17	44	85	139	202
35	17	44	85	139	202
40	17	44	85	139	202
45	16	42	80	131	192
50	15	39	75	123	180
55	14	36	70	114	167
60	13	33	64	104	152
65	12	30	57	94	138
70	11	27	52	84	123
75	9	24	46	76	110
80	8	21	41	68	99
85	8	19	37	61	88
90	7	17	33	55	80

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
90	9	20	35	53	75
100	11	22	37	57	80
110	13	24	40	61	84
120	14	26	43	64	88
130	15	28	45	67	91
140	17	30	48	70	95
150	18	32	50	73	98
160	20	34	52	75	101
170	21	35	54	78	104
180	22	37	56	80	106
190	23	38	58	82	109
200	24	40	60	84	112
210	26	41	62	87	114
220	27	43	64	89	116
230	28	44	65	91	119
240	29	45	67	93	121
250	30	47	69	94	123
260	31	48	70	96	125

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	14	25	41	61	83
20	16	29	47	70	95
25	16	30	48	71	98
30	16	30	48	71	98
35	16	30	48	71	98
40	16	30	48	71	98
45	16	28	46	68	93
50	15	27	43	64	87
55	13	25	40	59	80
60	12	22	36	54	73
65	11	20	33	49	66
70	10	18	30	44	59
75	9	16	26	39	53
80	8	15	24	35	48
85	7	13	21	31	43
90	6	12	19	28	38

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
110	7	26	58	102	155
120	9	30	63	109	165
130	12	34	69	116	173
140	14	37	74	123	181
150	16	41	79	129	189
160	18	44	84	136	197
170	20	48	88	141	204
180	23	51	93	147	211
190	25	54	97	153	217
200	27	58	102	158	224
210	29	61	106	163	230
220	31	64	110	168	236
230	33	67	114	173	241
240	36	70	117	178	247
250	38	72	121	182	252
260	40	75	125	187	257
270	42	78	128	191	262
280	44	81	132	195	267
290	46	83	135	199	272
300	47	86	138	203	277
310	49	88	142	207	281

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	15	37	72	118	172
20	17	43	82	135	197
25	17	44	85	139	202
30	17	44	85	139	202
35	17	44	85	139	202
40	17	44	85	139	202
45	16	42	80	131	192
50	15	39	75	123	180
55	14	36	70	114	167
60	13	33	64	104	152
65	12	30	57	94	138
70	11	27	52	84	123
75	9	24	46	76	110
80	8	21	41	68	99
85	8	19	37	61	88
90	7	17	33	55	80

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
90	9	20	35	53	75
100	11	22	37	57	80
110	13	24	40	61	84
120	14	26	43	64	88
130	15	28	45	67	91
140	17	30	48	70	95
150	18	32	50	73	98
160	20	34	52	75	101
170	21	35	54	78	104
180	22	37	56	80	106
190	23	38	58	82	109
200	24	40	60	84	112
210	26	41	62	87	114
220	27	43	64	89	116
230	28	44	65	91	119
240	29	45	67	93	121
250	30	47	69	94	123
260	31	48	70	96	125

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	14	25	41	61	83
20	16	29	47	70	95
25	16	30	48	71	98
30	16	30	48	71	98
35	16	30	48	71	98
40	16	30	48	71	98
45	16	28	46	68	93
50	15	27	43	64	87
55	13	25	40	59	80
60	12	22	36	54	73
65	11	20	33	49	66
70	10	18	30	44	59
75	9	16	26	39	53
80	8	15	24	35	48
85	7	13	21	31	43
90	6	12	19	28	38

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
110	7	26	58	102	155
120	9	30	63	109	165
130	12	34	69	116	173
140	14	37	74	123	181
150	16	41	79	129	189
160	18	44	84	136	197
170	20	48	88	141	204
180	23	51	93	147	211
190	25	54	97	153	217
200	27	58	102	158	224
210	29	61	106	163	230
220	31	64	110	168	236
230	33	67	114	173	241
240	36	70	117	178	247
250	38	72	121	182	252
260	40	75	125	187	257
270	42	78	128	191	262
280	44	81	132	195	267
290	46	83	135	199	272
300	47	86	138	203	277
310	49	88	142	207	281

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	15	37	72	118	172
20	17	43	82	135	197
25	17	44	85	139	202
30	17	44	85	139	202
35	17	44	85	139	202
40	17	44	85	139	202
45	16	42	80	131	192
50	15	39	75	123	180
55	14	36	70	114	167
60	13	33	64	104	152
65	12	30	57	94	138
70	11	27	52	84	123
75	9	24	46	76	110
80	8	21	41	68	99
85	8	19	37	61	88
90	7	17	33	55	80

Bodyweight	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
90	9	20	35	53	75
100	11	22	37	57	80
110	13	24	40	61	84
120	14	26	43	64	88
130	15	28	45	67	91
140	17	30	48	70	95
150	18	32	50	73	98
160	20	34	52	75	101
170	21	35	54	78	104
180	22	37	56	80	106
190	23	38	58	82	109
200	24	40	60	84	112
210	26	41	62	87	114
220	27	43	64	89	116
230	28	44	65	91	119
240	29	45	67	93	121
250	30	47	69	94	123
260	31	48	70	96	125

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
15	14	25	41	61	83
20	16	29	47	70	95
25	16	30	48	71	98
30	16	30	48	71	98
35	16	30	48	71	98
40	16	30	48	71	98
45	16	28	46	68	93
50	15	27	43	64	87
55	13	25	40	59	80
60	12	22	36	54	73
65	11	20	33	49	66
70	10	18	30	44	59
75	9	16	26	39	53
80	8	15	24	35	48
85	7	13	21	31	43
90	6	12	19	28	38