Are You An Average Man?
Does watching television make you feel like the Danny Devito of the male world? You feel fat, weak, and short compared to the bohunks on the big screen. Here are the real stats of the average man. This is either going to make you feel better or confirm you’re going to have to overachieve
Age when the average guy is in the best shape of his life: 23
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
Amount he can bench-press: 135 pounds
Number of situps he can do: 36
Pushups: 27
Pullups: 1
Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if… …they could build twice the muscle with half the effort: 40
…women began wearing see-through spandex: 16
Size of the average guy’s biceps: 13 inches (flexed, at around 175 pounds)
Size of his chest: 40 inches (inhaled, exhaled closer to 38 inches, at around 175 pounds)
Size of his waist: 34 inches (at around 175 pounds)
The part of a man’s body that’s the biggest turn-on for the average woman: His butt
The part the average guy spends the most time trying to develop: His chest
Time period when the typical gym is least crowded: 10 am to 11:30am
Percentage of men who don’t belong in a gym: 88
Exercise equipment the average guy is most likely to own: Dumbbells
Number of men who have used their stationary bike in the past week: 1 in 3
Number who haven’t hopped on the thing in at least 3 months: 1 in 6
Percentage of men who use their fitness equipment as… …a place to hang their clothes: 45
…a doorstop: 13
…a weapon: 8
Amount of muscle the average sedentary guy loses each year: 1 pound
Fat he gains each year: 1.1 pounds
Resting heart rate of a fit man: 52 beats per minute (BPM)
Resting heart rate of a man who’s out of shape: 72 BPM
Time it takes a fit man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 30 years
Time it takes an out-of-shape man: 19 years
Amount the average 40-year-old man would save each year in medical costs if he exercised regularly: $949 Average cost of a 1-year gym membership: $648
His net profit: $301
Number of men who would rather work out than have sex: 1 in 7
Percentage of men (and women) who think that gyms are pickup joints: 14
Number of pushups the average man can do with good form* in 1 minute:
Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Pushups 33 27 21 15 15
Pounds the average 175-pound man (aka : average weight, average height is 5′9 1/2) can bench-press one time:
Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Lb 180 158 143 128 116
Number of situps the average man can do in 1 minute:
Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Situps 40 36 31 26 20
Time it takes the average American man to run 1.5 miles:
Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Time 12:18 12:51 13:53 14:55 16:07
The Average Guy has sex 1.5 times a week (79 times a year), and lasts about 14 minutes.
He has a 1-in-4.3 chance of cheating on his wife and enjoys a total of 12.4 sex partners throughout his life.
The odds that his wife will cheat on him are 1 in 8.3, and the average woman enjoys a total of four sex partners throughout her life.
The Average Guy is 34.4 years old and earns about $36,100 a year.
He’s about 5-feet-9 and weighs 175 pounds.
He’s married with two children and has $3,100 in the bank.
Average height (male & female): 5′9″ / 5′4″
Average weight (male & female): 175 / 150
Male weight chart:
Age: 20 to 29 yrs 30 to 39 yrs 40 to 49 yrs 50 to 59 yrs 60 to 69 yrs
kilograms: 76 81.3 82.6 84 83.5
pounds: 168 179 182 185 184
Female weight chart:
Age: 20 to 29 yrs 30 to 39 yrs 40 to 49 yrs 50 to 59 yrs 60 to 69 yrs
kilograms: 59.8 65.5 67.7 71.7 68.9
pounds: 132 144 149 158 152
The life expectancy of the average man, born in…
Year 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1997
Lifespan 65.6 66.6 67.1 70.0 71.8 73.6
Women’s life spans have remained about 6 years longer than ours since 1950; a girl born in 1997 can expect to see age 79.4.
Average man sleeps about 7 hours on a work night.
Average penis: 5.877 inches
Information via Men’s Health
















