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Working weight 40 kg. 20 kg bar. Plates: 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 2.5, 1.25 kg.

Warm up for 40 kg with 3 sets: 20 kg × 8, 25 kg × 3, 32.5 kg × 2.

Set Load Reps Each side Done Notes
1 20 kg 8 bar only
2 25 kg 3 2.5
3 32.5 kg 2 5 + 1.25
Work 40 kg 10

As the weight goes up

The same ramp for your next working weights, one smallest jump at a time (2.5 kg). A dash is a set that drops out.

Working Bar × 8 40% × 5 60% × 3 80% × 2
42.5 kg 20 — 25 35
45 kg 20 — 27.5 35
47.5 kg 20 — 27.5 37.5
50 kg 20 — 30 40
52.5 kg 20 — 32.5 42.5
55 kg 20 22.5 32.5 45
57.5 kg 20 22.5 35 45
60 kg 20 25 35 47.5

The ramp the Masheen app uses: the empty bar for 8 reps, then 40 percent for 5, 60 percent for 3 and 80 percent for 2.