Trap Bar Deadlift vs Barbell Power Clean Strength Standards

Trap Bar Deadlift vs Barbell Power Clean Strength Standards

These bodyweight tables place the trap bar deadlift and power clean 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 Trap Bar Deadlift / Power Clean, pounds first and kilograms second. Enter your own sets above for exact ratings without testing a true one-rep max.

Men’s Trap Bar Deadlift vs Power Clean 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 Trap Bar Deadlift vs Power Clean 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 Trap Bar Deadlift vs Barbell Power Clean Result Is Calculated

The calculator estimates both one-rep maxes, rates each one against its exercise and bodyweight standards, and then compares the two ratings.

1. Estimate a one-rep max from each set

The entered weight is used directly for one rep. With 2–12 reps, both estimates are compared and the lower value is used.

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

Use recent Trap Bar Deadlift and Power Clean sets with consistent technique and full intended range of motion. Difficult lower-rep sets generally make the estimated max less dependent on extrapolation.

2. Find the trap bar deadlift strength level

The trap bar deadlift 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 power clean strength level

For power clean, the individual exercise thresholds start from reference bodyweights of 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women. Exact-bodyweight targets use 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.

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 Trap Bar Deadlift and Barbell Power Clean Standards Differ

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

How Women’s Trap Bar Deadlift and Barbell Power Clean Standards Differ

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

Trap Bar Deadlift and Barbell Power Clean Exercises Used by This Calculator

For a useful comparison, perform a strict trap bar deadlift and a strict power clean using the setup and load rules below. Use strict, repeatable Trap Bar Deadlift and Power Clean 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.

Use a strict, repeatable Trap Bar Deadlift

High-handle trap bar deadlift only. Strapless, neutral grip, from floor to lockout. Load entered is total external load on the trap bar. If reps > 1 are entered, 1RM is estimated using the Epley/Brzycki blend. No age adjustment applied; adult lifter standards (18–50). Percentiles are tier-anchored approximations, not precise population statistics. Enter total external weight. Keep the same equipment and setup when retesting.

Start from the floor and catch above parallel

Enter total barbell weight. Begin every rep motionless on the floor, reach full extension, turn the bar over into a secure front rack above parallel, and stand tall. Do not enter a hang clean, squat clean, muscle clean, high pull without a catch, bounced rep, press-out, strapped lift, or machine variation.

Enter one recent Trap Bar Deadlift result and one recent Barbell Power Clean result

Enter the working weight and a whole number of strict repetitions for each exercise. Pounds and kilograms can be mixed.

Related Tools

• Trap Bar Deadlift — View the individual Trap Bar Deadlift standards and next strength-level target.
• Barbell Power Clean — View the individual Power Clean standards and next strength-level target.
• Atlas Stone — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Axle Clean and Press — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Axle Clean — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Axle Continental Clean — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.