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
• Number of pushups he can do: 27
• Number of pullups he can do: 1
• 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%
• Size of the average guy’s biceps: 13 inches (flexed, at around 175 pounds)
• Size of his chest: 40 inches (inhaled, 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: 10:00am to 11:30am
• Percentage of men who don’t belong to 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%
• Percentage of men who use their fitness equipment as… a doorstop: 13%
• 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
• Resting heart rate of a man who’s out of shape: 72 beats per minute
• Time it takes a fit man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 30 years
• Time it takes an out-of-shape man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 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
• 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 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.

Information via Men’s Health