Is 120 lbs grip strength good?
For a man, 120 lbs grip strength is at or above the median at every adult age; it matches or beats the typical man even at his strongest, around age 30.
For a woman, 120 lbs grip strength is at or above the median at every adult age; it matches or beats the typical woman even at her strongest, around age 30.
These figures read off the pooled British norms (Dodds 2014, twelve studies, 49,964 participants). The German norms (Steiber 2016, SOEP, Smedley dynamometer) run higher at every adult age: by 4 to 15 kg for men under 25, where the British curve is still climbing steeply, and by about 1 to 8 kg everywhere else. The same value therefore lands at a different age there. Source
Where 120 lbs (54.4 kg) lands by age, shown as a percentile (higher = stronger than more people):
| Age | Men (percentile) | Women (percentile) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 73 | 99 |
| 35 | 63 | 99 |
| 45 | 70 | 99 |
| 55 | 79 | 99 |
| 65 | 93 | 99 |
| 75 | 99 | 99 |
| 85 | 99 | 99 |
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