Wide Grip Push Ups Strength Standards Calculator
Under strict Wide Grip Push Ups strength standards, Novice starts around 12 reps for men age 20-29 and 9 reps for women age 20-29, while Elite starts around 85 reps for men and 65 reps for women.
Enter your sex, bodyweight, age, and strict reps to see whether your Wide Grip Push Ups is Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, or Elite for your bodyweight and age.
The calculator compares your valid strict reps with the Wide Grip Push Ups standards for your sex, bodyweight, and age. This keeps the result focused on bodyweight performance instead of load, estimated 1RM, or a different exercise.
Understanding Your Wide Grip Push Ups Strength Score
Your Wide Grip Push Ups score is the number of strict reps completed in one continuous set. Enter the total number of strict reps completed in the continuous set; do not combine separate sets. The calculator compares that result with the standards for the sex, age range, and bodyweight you select.
The score is useful only when every attempt follows the same movement standard. Begin the attempt from this position: hands on the floor wider than shoulder width, elbows locked, feet on the floor, knees off the floor, and body aligned from shoulders through hips to ankles before the first descent. Lower the chest toward the floor with both hands set wider than shoulder width while maintaining a straight plank and symmetric pressing path.
Count the result this way: count one rep only after a valid wide-hand descent and full lockout; do not count partials, knee contacts, archer-like side shifts, reset breaks, or changed hand-width reps. The set ends when the athlete stops, misses depth, fails to lock out, moves the hands narrower, drops to knees, rests on the floor, shifts into archer reps, or switches to another push-up style. Keep retests comparable by using the same setup, surface, hand position, body position, range standard, and rest convention so entered reps mean the same thing over time.
Wide Grip Push Ups Strength Standards
These are Endura’s standards for comparing consistent Wide Grip Push Ups attempts. They are exercise-specific practical benchmarks, not population averages.
How Endura set these standards: The approved Wide Grip Push Ups model defines Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite strict-repetition benchmarks for men and women in five age groups. Each exact threshold and tier boundary is checked against the calculator before publication.
The tables organize Wide Grip Push Ups standards by sex and age. Compare your strict reps in one continuous set with the Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite columns. A result below the Novice threshold is classified as Beginner.
Men — Wide Grip Push Ups Standards
| Age | Novice | Intermediate | Advanced | Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-29 | 12 | 30 | 55 | 85 |
| 30-39 | 11 | 27 | 50 | 77 |
| 40-49 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 68 |
| 50-59 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 55 |
| 60+ | 6 | 15 | 28 | 43 |
Women — Wide Grip Push Ups Standards
| Age | Novice | Intermediate | Advanced | Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-29 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 65 |
| 30-39 | 8 | 20 | 38 | 59 |
| 40-49 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| 50-59 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 42 |
| 60+ | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 |
For example, men age 20-29 reach Intermediate at 30 reps, Advanced at 55 reps, and Elite at 85 reps. Women age 40-49 reach those same levels at 18 reps, 34 reps, and 52 reps. These examples come directly from the table values above.
Use the calculator to apply your exact inputs, place your result in the correct level, and see the next target without doing the table lookup yourself.
How the Wide Grip Push Ups Calculator Works
The calculator uses your sex, age group, bodyweight, and total strict reps from one continuous set. Enter the strict reps completed in one continuous set; do not combine separate sets. It compares that score with the exercise-specific Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite thresholds. Because higher is stronger for this test, more valid reps can move the result to a higher level.
The result shows your standards level, entered score, the sex and age group used, and your next target. An exact threshold counts as the higher level. Using the men’s age 20-29 reference row, 30 strict reps is Intermediate and Advanced begins at 55 strict reps, making the next target 25 additional strict reps. The calculator handles the tier lookup and target math automatically.
The calculator cannot inspect your attempt. It assumes the number entered follows the Wide Grip Push Ups Testing Rules. If the attempt became invalid before you stopped, enter only the valid reps completed before the first invalid rep.
Wide Grip Push Ups Testing Rules
Use one continuous set and record the total number of strict reps. The calculator compares the number you enter with the Wide Grip Push Ups standards, but it cannot verify how the attempt was performed. Use the exercise-specific requirements below before entering a score.
Wide Grip Push Ups Testing Checklist
| Testing rule | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Exact test | One continuous set of strict wide-grip push-up reps with both hands on the floor wider than shoulder width, the body held in one line, chest lowered to the approved bottom range, and elbows locked out at the top. |
| Start | Hands on the floor wider than shoulder width, elbows locked, feet on the floor, knees off the floor, and body aligned from shoulders through hips to ankles before the first descent. |
| Valid range or position | Lower the chest toward the floor with both hands set wider than shoulder width while maintaining a straight plank and symmetric pressing path. |
| Count or time | Count one rep only after a valid wide-hand descent and full lockout; do not count partials, knee contacts, archer-like side shifts, reset breaks, or changed hand-width reps. |
| Tempo and pauses | No fixed tempo applies, but reps must show the bottom range and full lockout; bouncing, sagging, and worming do not count. |
| Assistance | No bands, partner assistance, knee support, external load, wall support, or hand-position changes to pass fatigue. |
| Stop | The set ends when the athlete stops, misses depth, fails to lock out, moves the hands narrower, drops to knees, rests on the floor, shifts into archer reps, or switches to another push-up style. |
| Retest consistently | Keep retests comparable by using the same setup, surface, hand position, body position, range standard, and rest convention so entered reps mean the same thing over time. |
What Counts and What Does Not Count
Enter only the exact Wide Grip Push Ups test described in the checklist. The examples below separate that test from common substitutions that use different loading, assistance, range, position, equipment, or counting rules.
| Attempt or variation | Enter it? | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Wide Grip Push Ups | Yes | This is the exact exercise when it follows every start, range or position, counting or timing, assistance, and stop rule above. |
| standard push-up, close-grip push-up, archer push-up | No | These are nearby movements or positions, but they are not the same test. |
| weighted wide grip push ups, weighted vest reps, plate-loaded reps | No | Added resistance changes the exercise and the meaning of the score. |
| knee-assisted reps, band-assisted reps, wall-supported reps | No | External support changes the work required and makes the result noncomparable. |
| shallow reps, side-shifted archer reps, hips sagging | No | Altered range, position, resets, or counting can inflate the entered result. |
| handles, parallettes, rings | No | A different setup can change support, leverage, range, or difficulty. |
When a call is borderline, stop the score before the first invalid rep and enter only the valid total. That keeps Wide Grip Push Ups results useful for comparison over time. Apply the same checklist every time you retest.
Elite Wide Grip Push Ups Strength Levels
Elite begins when your total strict-rep score meets or exceeds the Elite threshold for the applicable sex and age group. Because the tier boundary is lower-inclusive, a score exactly equal to the threshold counts as Elite. The table shows every public Elite starting point for Wide Grip Push Ups.
| Reference group | Elite starts at |
|---|---|
| Men age 20-29 | 85 strict reps |
| Men age 30-39 | 77 strict reps |
| Men age 40-49 | 68 strict reps |
| Men age 50-59 | 55 strict reps |
| Men age 60+ | 43 strict reps |
| Women age 20-29 | 65 strict reps |
| Women age 30-39 | 59 strict reps |
| Women age 40-49 | 52 strict reps |
| Women age 50-59 | 42 strict reps |
| Women age 60+ | 33 strict reps |
An Elite result still has to follow the same Wide Grip Push Ups Testing Rules; if the attempt became invalid earlier, use only the valid reps completed before the first invalid rep. After Elite, the calculator can show a separate rep stretch target when one is available, but that target does not replace or redefine the Elite threshold.
Milestones and Next Targets
Your next Wide Grip Push Ups target is the first strength-level threshold above your current valid rep score. The calculator uses your selected sex, age group, bodyweight, and strict reps in one continuous set, subtracts your result from that threshold, and shows the exact additional strict reps needed.
The table shows the complete jumps between level starting points for the age 20–29 reference group; your personal gap may be smaller because it begins from your current result rather than the previous level’s minimum.
| Progression | Men age 20-29 | Women age 20-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Novice → Intermediate | +18 strict reps | +13 strict reps |
| Intermediate → Advanced | +25 strict reps | +20 strict reps |
| Advanced → Elite | +30 strict reps | +23 strict reps |
Related Tools
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|---|---|
| Barbell Close-Grip Bench Press (Raw) | Convert a strict close-grip bench-press set into estimated maximal strength. The result emphasizes triceps-driven pressing and provides a loaded comparison for narrow-hand push-ups. |
| Weighted Push-Ups (Standard) | Put your external load and strict weighted push-up reps into an estimated-max benchmark. This adds measurable overload while preserving the horizontal bodyweight-press pattern. |
| Bench Press 1RM Calculator | Track estimated bench-press 1RM from a working set. Use it to select training loads and monitor pressing progress without testing a true maximum. |
| Bodyweight Dip Strength Standards | See where your strict dip reps place your upper-body pressing endurance. This gives you a repeatable benchmark for chest, shoulder, and triceps performance. |
| Decline Push Ups Strength Standards | Elevate the feet and count strict decline push-ups. This creates a harder upper-chest and shoulder pressing benchmark than a standard floor push-up. |