Landmine Press vs Dumbbell Shoulder Press Strength Standards

Landmine Press vs Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press Strength Standards

These bodyweight tables place the landmine press and standing dumbbell overhead press targets side by side from Novice through Elite. Use them to compare standards, not to force a particular ratio between the lifts.

Find the closest row in the men’s or women’s table. Every target lists Landmine Press / Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press, pounds first and kilograms second. Enter your own sets above for exact ratings without testing a true one-rep max.

Men’s Landmine Press vs Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press 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 Landmine Press vs Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press 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 Landmine Press vs Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press Result Is Calculated

Each set is converted to an estimated max before the calculator assigns exercise-specific strength levels and compares them.

1. Estimate a one-rep max from each set

When the set contains one rep, the entered load is the estimate. For 2–12 reps, the calculator keeps the less aggressive of the two formula results.

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

Set quality matters for this Landmine Press vs Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press comparison. Enter technically consistent, challenging sets, and prefer lower-rep results when practical because the estimate extends less far beyond the performed set.

2. Find the landmine press strength level

The landmine 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.

Two-thirds scaling raises the target as bodyweight rises while limiting the size advantage that a direct one-to-one adjustment would create.

3. Find the standing dumbbell overhead press strength level

The standing dumbbell overhead 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.

4. Compare the two results

Each max receives a level from Beginner through Elite. The lower-level lift becomes the priority. At matching levels, a priority appears only when one lift is at least 10 points farther from its next level; otherwise the result is Balanced.

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.

The calculator above applies these steps to your exact entries and reports both lift ratings, both next targets, and the final comparison.

How Men’s Landmine Press and Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press Standards Differ

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

How Women’s Landmine Press and Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press Standards Differ

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

Landmine Press and Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press Exercises Used by This Calculator

Valid results depend on using the specified landmine press and standing dumbbell overhead press technique and load convention. Use strict, repeatable Landmine Press and Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press tests that follow each exercise’s setup, range of motion, equipment, and weight-entry rules. Do not mix variations, assistance, partial range, momentum, or different weight conventions.

Enter the free-end load and count both arms combined

Press one arm at a time from shoulder or chest height along the angled bar path to controlled lockout. Enter the free-end load and total valid reps across both arms. Do not count two-hand, thruster, push-press, jerk, overhead-press, assisted, leg-driven, or partial reps.

Use the exercise-specific Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press setup and load convention

Weight entered is weight per dumbbell. Dumbbells are lowered under control back to shoulder level in a standing position. Both dumbbells are pressed overhead simultaneously on each rep. Each rep reaches full lockout overhead with elbows extended. No leg drive (strict press only) and core remains braced with no excessive leaning. Raw lifting only. Allowed equipment: matched dumbbells, optional belt, optional wrist wraps. Disallowed variations: seated dumbbell press, push press (leg drive), single-arm press, machine shoulder press, smith machine press, partial reps, and assisted reps. Estimated 1RM is calculated from bilateral load (weight per dumbbell × 2) and entered reps for this strict standing press.

Enter one recent Landmine Press result and one recent Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press result

Use the correct input for each exercise: Free-end landmine weight used by one arm and a whole number from 1 to 12 reps for Landmine Press and Weight per dumbbell and a whole number from 1 to 12 reps for Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press.

Related Tools

• Landmine Press — View the individual Landmine Press standards and next strength-level target.
• Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press — View the individual Standing Dumbbell Overhead Press standards and next strength-level target.
• Standing Strict Barbell Overhead Press — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Machine Shoulder Press — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
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• Dumbbell Floor Press — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.