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Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Strength Standards

Under strict Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups strength standards, Novice starts around 3 reps for men age 20-29 and 2 reps for women age 20-29, while Elite starts around 25 reps for men and 19 reps for women.

Enter your sex, bodyweight, age, and strict reps to see whether your Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups is Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, or Elite for your bodyweight and age.

The calculator compares your valid strict reps with the Mixed-Grip Pull-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 Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Strength Score

Your Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups score is the lower strict-rep result from the two sides. Test both sides and enter the lower strict-rep result: if one side reaches 12 reps and the other reaches 10, the score is 10. 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: a dead hang with one palm facing away and the other facing toward the athlete. Pull without twisting until the chin clearly passes the bar, return to full elbow extension, test both grip orientations, and enter the lower count.

Count the result this way: score weaker side reps only; do not aggregate separate sets or substitute another side-count convention. Testing only one orientation, upper body rotation, uneven arm finish, kip, swing, no chin clearance, incomplete extension, assistance, or external added weight. Retests use the same apparatus, setup, range, side order where applicable, and counting or timing rule.

Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Strength Standards

These are Endura’s standards for comparing consistent Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups attempts. They are exercise-specific practical benchmarks, not population averages.

How Endura set these standards: The approved Mixed-Grip Pull-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 Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups standards by sex and age. Compare your the weaker side’s strict reps with the Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite columns. A result below the Novice threshold is classified as Beginner.

Men — Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Standards

AgeNoviceIntermediateAdvancedElite
20-29381525
30-39371423
40-49261220
50-59251016
60+24813

Women — Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Standards

AgeNoviceIntermediateAdvancedElite
20-29261219
30-39251117
40-49251015
50-5914812
60+13610

For example, men age 20-29 reach Intermediate at 8 reps, Advanced at 15 reps, and Elite at 25 reps. Women age 40-49 reach those same levels at 5 reps, 10 reps, and 15 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 Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Calculator Works

The calculator uses your sex, age group, bodyweight, and the weaker side’s strict rep count. Test both sides and enter the lower valid rep count. 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, 8 strict reps on the weaker side is Intermediate and Advanced begins at 15 strict reps on the weaker side, making the next target 7 additional strict reps on the weaker side. The calculator handles the tier lookup and target math automatically.

The calculator cannot inspect your attempt. It assumes the number entered follows the Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Testing Rules. If the attempt became invalid before you stopped, enter the lower valid rep count reached before either side’s first invalid rep.

Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Testing Rules

Test both sides under the same rules and record the lower valid rep count. The calculator compares the number you enter with the Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups standards, but it cannot verify how the attempt was performed. Use the exercise-specific requirements below before entering a score.

Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Testing Checklist

Testing ruleRequirement
Exact testPull without twisting until the chin clearly passes the bar, return to full elbow extension, test both grip orientations, and enter the lower count.
StartA dead hang with one palm facing away and the other facing toward the athlete.
Valid range or positionPull without twisting until the chin clearly passes the bar, return to full elbow extension, test both grip orientations, and enter the lower count.
Count or timeScore weaker side reps only; do not aggregate separate sets or substitute another side-count convention.
Tempo and pausesUse controlled motion or a continuous hold; no bounce, kip, rest position, or pace change that obscures the required range.
AssistanceNo bands, partner help, machine help, foot or hand support outside the named setup, counterweight, or external added weight.
StopTesting only one orientation, upper body rotation, uneven arm finish, kip, swing, no chin clearance, incomplete extension, assistance, or external added weight.
Retest consistentlyRetests use the same apparatus, setup, range, side order where applicable, and counting or timing rule.

What Counts and What Does Not Count

Enter only the exact Mixed-Grip Pull-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 variationEnter it?Why
Mixed-Grip Pull-UpsYesThis is the exact exercise when it follows every start, range or position, counting or timing, assistance, and stop rule above.
standard pull-ups, chin-ups, commando pull-upsNoThese are nearby movements or positions, but they are not the same test.
weighted vest, belt, plateNoAdded resistance changes the exercise and the meaning of the score.
band-assisted, partner-assisted, machine-assistedNoExternal support changes the work required and makes the result noncomparable.
partial range, bounce, kipNoAltered range, position, resets, or counting can inflate the entered result.
any apparatus or setup that materially changes leverage, stability, rangeNoA different setup can change support, leverage, range, or difficulty.

When a call is borderline, use the lower valid rep count reached before either side’s first invalid rep. That keeps Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups results useful for comparison over time. Apply the same checklist every time you retest.

Elite Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Strength Levels

Elite begins when your weaker-side 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 Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups.

Reference groupElite starts at
Men age 20-2925 strict reps on the weaker side
Men age 30-3923 strict reps on the weaker side
Men age 40-4920 strict reps on the weaker side
Men age 50-5916 strict reps on the weaker side
Men age 60+13 strict reps on the weaker side
Women age 20-2919 strict reps on the weaker side
Women age 30-3917 strict reps on the weaker side
Women age 40-4915 strict reps on the weaker side
Women age 50-5912 strict reps on the weaker side
Women age 60+10 strict reps on the weaker side

An Elite result still has to follow the same Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups Testing Rules; if the attempt became invalid earlier, use the lower valid rep count reached before either side’s 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 Mixed-Grip Pull-Ups target is the first strength-level threshold above your current valid rep score. The calculator uses your selected sex, age group, bodyweight, and the weaker side’s strict reps, 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.

ProgressionMen age 20-29Women age 20-29
Novice → Intermediate+5 strict reps on the weaker side+4 strict reps on the weaker side
Intermediate → Advanced+7 strict reps on the weaker side+6 strict reps on the weaker side
Advanced → Elite+10 strict reps on the weaker side+7 strict reps on the weaker side
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