How much can an average women bench press?

Tamara Rainwater was the first woman to bench 400 pounds. The heaviest woman's bench press may have been an unofficial 440 by Fibingerova, a Chech shot putter.

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I don' tknow, but I have some experience and some guesses.

I do know that almost every (normal) woman I've seen at the gym can handle the bench machine with NO weight, the bar alone is about 40lbs for several reps.

I do know that I have met VERY FEW (but a couple) women who could bench their weight for three reps.

Since the "average" american woman is around 5'4" and about 140 lbs
I would guesstimate it like this

If you average the min of about 40 with the MAX of about 140 you get around 90lbs. That is likely too much to start with but a reasonable goal for women starting out to shoot for. I would take that 90 and average it again with the 40 min (guesstimate) and go just a ittle lighter to get around a 60lbs starting weight to try to build up from.

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