EZ Bar Floor Press vs Weighted Dips Strength Standards

EZ-Bar Floor Press vs Weighted Dips Strength Standards

Use these tables to compare the estimated one-rep max required for the ez-bar floor press and weighted dips to reach the same strength level at each listed bodyweight. The numbers are calculator targets, not a required gap between the two lifts.

Choose the men’s or women’s table, find the closest bodyweight row, and read across to Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, or Elite. Each entry shows EZ-Bar Floor Press / Weighted Dips, with pounds above kilograms. Use the calculator for your exact bodyweight and recent sets.

Men’s EZ-Bar Floor Press vs Weighted Dips Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

Women’s EZ-Bar Floor Press vs Weighted Dips Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

How Your EZ-Bar Floor Press vs Weighted Dips Result Is Calculated

Both lifts are scored independently first: estimated max, bodyweight-adjusted strength level, and progress toward the next level. Those ratings drive the comparison.

1. Estimate a one-rep max from each set

A one-rep set uses the entered weight. For 2–12 reps, both formulas are calculated and the lower estimate is retained.

• Epley: weight × (1 + reps ÷ 30)
• Brzycki: weight × 36 ÷ (37 − reps)

For the most useful EZ-Bar Floor Press vs Weighted Dips comparison, enter clean, difficult sets performed with the same technique and range of motion you use in training. Lower-rep sets usually require less extrapolation.

2. Find the ez-bar floor press strength level

The ez-bar floor press rating uses its sex-specific exercise standards. Reference targets at 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women are scaled to the entered bodyweight by reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

This adjustment expects larger lifters to move more weight, but it does not increase the target pound for pound with bodyweight.

3. Find the weighted dips strength level

The individual Weighted Dips calculator supplies one shared ladder based on estimated added external load divided by bodyweight. Novice begins at 0.35× bodyweight in added load, Intermediate at 0.55×, Advanced at 0.75×, and Elite at 1.00×. Bodyweight itself is not included in the entered or estimated load, and no unsupported stretch target is added above Elite.

4. Compare the two results

Strength level decides the comparison first. Matching levels remain Balanced unless progress toward the next target differs by at least 10 points.

Treat the result as a training comparison rather than an explanation of why one lift trails. Set quality, fatigue, skill, and training exposure all matter. Age range is recorded anonymously but does not change these standards.

Use the calculator above to view both estimated maxes, strength levels, next targets, and the resulting priority or Balanced verdict.

How Men’s EZ-Bar Floor Press and Weighted Dips Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Weighted Dips standard minus the EZ-Bar Floor Press standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Weighted Dips standard is higher, and below zero means the EZ-Bar Floor Press standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

How Women’s EZ-Bar Floor Press and Weighted Dips Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Weighted Dips standard minus the EZ-Bar Floor Press standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Weighted Dips standard is higher, and below zero means the EZ-Bar Floor Press standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

EZ-Bar Floor Press and Weighted Dips Exercises Used by This Calculator

The calculator expects repeatable ez-bar floor press and weighted dips results. Follow each exercise definition below so the two ratings are based on valid tests. Use strict, repeatable EZ-Bar Floor Press and Weighted Dips tests that follow each exercise’s setup, range of motion, equipment, and load rules. Do not mix variations, assistance, partial range, momentum, or different load conventions.

Use the EZ-Bar Floor Press setup and load convention

Use the recorded brand-neutral Olympic EZ-bar envelope (1.15–1.25 m, 27–29 mm grips, rotating 50 mm sleeves); record actual mass/dimensions/grip and score bar/plates/collars. Lie supine on a level floor with legs straight, knees extended, feet together, and head, shoulders, buttocks planted. Use mirrored inner segments at 28–32 cm centers and 25–35° from full supination. Unrack/handoff to extension; lower until both upper arms contact floor simultaneously and settle motionless one full second; press to simultaneous full lockout. Maintain identical contacts/setup for 1–10 reps. Wrist wraps, chalk, rack, and protective handoff allowed. Belt, elbow sleeves, bench, bridge, leg drive, bounce, spotter assistance, and plate/floor contact prohibited.

Enter added load only for strict parallel-bar dips

Secure the external load and enter only that added weight, not bodyweight plus load. Start at full elbow lockout, descend until the shoulder crease is below the elbow, and return to full lockout under control. Do not enter bodyweight-only, assisted, bench, ring, partial, bouncing, kipping, or leg-driven dips.

Enter one recent EZ-Bar Floor Press result and one recent Weighted Dips result

First lift: weight used and 1–12 strict reps. Second lift: added external weight only and 1–12 strict reps. Pounds or kilograms.

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