Hallelujah! Adding a pair of INTERNATIONAL 25lbers brought the weight up to 189¾lb(86kg) :89% of my 212lb max. This puts my 5x3s weight of 139¾lb @ ~66%. I don't live & die by the percentages, l use them to keep me honest! HOW did McWilliams do 350lb this way in the 1940s?! Having got my setup figured out, l am VERY excited to lift two plates with 3 plates sometime this year! Hope you are excited about your training! God Bless! "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17