Strength Level Standards

They're guidelines and as always YMMV

I put some of my numbers in and I got "An intermediate lifter has trained regularly in the technique for at least two years."

I’m intermediate on everything I checked which seems about right. I wouldn’t say I was novice or advanced.

Cool. I’ll use this going forward then.

I think it’s fairly realistic.

I have always been “in shape” for the most part. Started going to the gym in high school. Had a span of a couple to a few years in late college years when I only weight lifted a couple times a month, but I still played sports and was in shape.

I started training more consistently probably 7-8 years ago (2-3 days a week in the gym on average; sometimes more, often less or i’d just miss a week and not think anything of it). I’d say I could bench press 135 for 6-8 reps at this point; max was maybe 205. That would have been novice level. Started really working and programming about 5 years ago (3-4 days consistently). Started Really training about three years ago (5 days or more a week, very rarely missing days, incorporating diet as well).

My current numbers on this calculator are mostly advanced. Bench press and military press are elite. Their training time estimates seem fairly in line with my experience so I’d say it’s realistic for whatever your targets are. Assuming you are 18-40 years old and not overly obese.

Interesting that I only rate intermediate on bench but elite on dips.

in what context?

specific sport, powerlifting, olympic weight lifting, general wellness?

Bench - Beginner - .74x bodyweight
Squat - Beginner - 1.09x bodyweight
Deadlift - Novice - 1.4x bodyweight

I have lots of work to do.

Intermediate bench, novice thr other big lifts, bout what I would guess