Are You an Average Man?
Does watching television make you feel like the Danny Devito of the male world? Here are the real stats of the average American man. This is either going to make you feel better or confirm you're going to have to overachieve:
- The average man is 34.4 years old.
- The average man is married with two children.
- The average man earns $36,100 per year and has $3,100 in the bank.
- The average man sleeps about 7 hours on a work night.
- Age when the average guy is in the best shape of his life: 23 years
- The average man is is about 5' 9" tall.
- He weighs 175 pounds.
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Weight (lbs) 168 179 182 185 184 Weight (kg) 76 81.1 82.6 84 83.5 - Percentage of men who consider themselves "physically fit": 69%
- Percentage who actually are: 13%
- Time it takes the average guy to run a mile: 8 minutes, 34 seconds
- Time it takes the average American man to run 1.5 miles: 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Time (m:s) 12:18 12:51 13:53 14:55 16:07 - Pounds the average man can bench-press one time: 160
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Max. Weight (lbs) 180 158 143 128 116 - Number of sit-ups he can do in 1 minute: 36
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Sit-ups 40 36 31 26 20 - Number of push-ups he can do with good form in 1 minute: 27
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Push-ups 33 27 21 15 15 - Number of pull-ups he can do: 1
- Resting heart rate of a fit man: 52 beats per minute
- Time it takes a fit man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 30 years
- Resting heart rate of a man who's out of shape: 72 beats per minute
- Time it takes an out-of-shape man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 19 years
- Size of the average guy's biceps: 13 inches (flexed)
- Size of his chest: 40 inches (inhaled)
- Size of his waist: 34 inches
- Amount of muscle the average sedentary guy loses each year: 1 pound
- Amount of fat he gains each year: 1.1 pounds
- The part of a man's body that is the biggest turn-on for the average woman: his butt
- The part the average guy spends the most time trying to develop: his chest
- Percentage of men who don't belong to a gym: 88%
- Average cost of a 1-year gym membership: $648
- Amount the average 40-year-old man would save each year in medical costs if he exercised regularly: $949
- Time period when the typical gym is least crowded: 10:00am to 11:30am
- Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if... they could build twice the muscle with half the effort: 40%
- Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if... women began wearing see-through spandex: 16%
- Exercise equipment the average guy is most likely to own: dumbbells
- Percentage of men who use their fitness equipment as... a place to hang their clothes: 45%
- Percentage of men who use their fitness equipment as... a doorstop: 13%
- Number of men who would rather work out than have sex: 1 in 7
- Percentage of men who think that gyms are pickup joints: 14%
- The life expectancy of the average man is:
Year Born 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1997 Life Expectancy (yrs) 65.6 66.6 67.1 70.0 71.8 73.6
July 1, 2008
10:44 PM
I think data detailing the median man would be far more useful. Those ten guys who compete in the strongman contests and that one guy who ran 350 miles really throw the averages out of whack.
November 23, 2008
5:35 PM
It is not clear from where have you where you have obtained these statistics, could you please clarify?
February 7, 2009
3:13 PM
Actually, what’s needed here instead of average (“mean”) or even median is MODE. “Mode” is the number, or range of numbers, that occurs the most in a set of collected numbers.
For example, if six men are surveyed and found to have these one-rep bench press max’s, 155, 155, 155, 155, 95, and 405, the average would be 186 2/3, but, the mode would be 155. The average, 186 2/3, would be misleading, being more than thirty units beyond what all but one man can handle. The 155 would more clearly indicate what the majority are able to bench.
By the way, the median in this example does happen to be 155 also, but in a larger set of numbers would not necessarily coincide with the mode. Mode would be most significant in establishing reference statistics for a “typical” man.
February 23, 2009
8:17 PM
man this is funny but true but i not a average guy
June 25, 2009
5:01 PM
This is great. I far better then the average man!
July 15, 2009
3:59 PM
WTH ? 180lbs for bench at that age ? i can bench 230lbs 5 reps and i’m 16 wth ?
August 20, 2009
11:52 AM
lol thats wayyyy wrong. im 15 and can bench 250 lbs and my flexed biceps were 16.5 inches (shunk to 16 from lack of workout due to football)
August 29, 2009
12:27 AM
15 and 16 this is an article about the average man not male, males dont quit growing till there in their 20’s, your bodies and physical performance is going to look quite different at age 40 than as a teenager.
September 20, 2009
4:42 PM
I think this Website is awesome. Every man wonders where he rates in the scheme of things. I always thought of myself as the absolute average guy. 5′11- 175..bench 215-220.and climbing..I can do the mile a little quicker than 8.34 but ive been smokin alittle so maybe not..there are a few statistics that are missing though IQ, personality types, preference in women,and another that may or may not be appropriate..But all in all I liked it..E-mail me if you get some new ones! PEACE
November 6, 2009
9:36 PM
average dan, the average iq is 100, its 100 for any age group,
November 15, 2009
1:27 PM
I think some of these percents are on and off. I am 36 and I can bench 405+ lbs, but thats due to the fact that I work hard at it. I am sure the average man does not work hard at it or even attempts to workout at all. So for all of us that hit the gym….we should be above or below the average. The one stat that relly stands out is the average man can only do 1 pull up….and now that I have noticed…that statement is probably the most accurate.
November 20, 2009
1:42 PM
Just going to go out ans say it, the average man is probably not on elitefeet.com for runners. Congratulations if you can bench 405; you aren’t average.
November 28, 2009
2:05 AM
i can do 20 pulls old as i am (35) my arms arent the problem… get my flat stomach back?
November 28, 2009
2:17 AM
405 lbs kay u must be not normal!unless you weigh 405 lbs! but i dont press weights. i can press 85-95lbs and weigh 106-110 lbs..sick as a dog last i checked
November 28, 2009
2:18 AM
when ur good u press ur weight
November 29, 2009
4:23 AM
At 27yoa i could bench press 160kg do 300pressups and60pullups 5onearm pullups (rightarm)in my 40s ive run a marathon in 2hrs47mins now im 60 i can still do 78pressups in 1min and cycle 20miles a day to and from work run up and down 8floors in 2min do 100stepups in 2min my rest pulse is 48bpm i consider myself normal
January 2, 2010
1:11 PM
What they don’t do is weigh muscle. Seen above, the Average 34 yr old has 13 inch arms. That is small if you
ask me. I am 50 years old and I scored myself honestly higher in the physical strength area higher than the average 20 to 30 yr old. No wonder they are encouraging children to get out and exercise more. I scored lower on my cardio partly because of Asthma. I will make an effort to run a mile on or around the 34 yr old average in 2010. To all who reads this, exercise works! I does make you above average!
January 4, 2010
9:39 AM
lol. im 42 and beat all of the above easy.
January 20, 2010
5:57 PM
I’m 42, I stopped smoking and started lifting three years ago and started running 18 months ago. I’m 5′9″ 178lbs. I bench 270 and run 3.5 miles a day with a average mile time between 7min 45sec and 7min 55sec. It’s been hard work repairing almost twenty years of neglect but one day I’ll have grandkids and it’ll be nice to play with them.
February 11, 2010
4:47 PM
I’m willing to bet most people on here are liars.
February 11, 2010
11:08 PM
^^+1 to Average bob. Haha.
February 13, 2010
1:13 PM
This all sounds about right. People have differing abilities, so it’s probably best not to judge just on one stat here – better to figure out what you need to work on.
I’m 40 and can run way faster than the average 20 year old, and always have been able to. But I’m lanky – despite years of weights (on and off, to be fair), I’ve never been able to bench my weight. At around 140 on a good day (but can do about 40 push ups in a minute, so not sure what that means) but still working on it.
February 26, 2010
5:22 AM
The average guy does not exercise and all you guys that are here boasting apparently have small appendages, you know what i’m talking about..
March 3, 2010
11:51 AM
I am willing to be most people here are average liars. Not too bad and not too good.