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Plates go on in pairs, so most weights cannot be loaded at all. This rounds down to the closest one that can be, shows the stack heaviest first, and tells you how far under the number you asked for it landed.

The lift

The total on the bar, bar included. Plates go on in pairs, so not every number can be made.

kg

Nothing is converted: switching the unit switches the bar and the rack with it, because a gym has one or the other.

Nothing is converted. Switching the unit switches the bar and the rack, because a gym has one or the other.

Bar

Untick anything your gym does not have. Unlimited pairs of whatever is ticked.

Unlimited pairs of whatever is ticked. How many of each the gym owns is deliberately not modelled: it makes most targets unreachable for reasons you cannot see, and running out of 20s is a problem you solve by looking at the rack.

1 still to fill in

Per side

Fill in the 1 still open and press Work out the plates. Nothing is worked out until you ask for it.

  • Target weight
  • Plates on the rack

The bar and the rack below already describe a fairly standard gym. Change them if yours is different.

Why a barbell cannot be loaded to every number you ask it for 41.25 kg 41.25 kg the bar, 20 kg 20 + (41.25 × 2) = 102.5 kg Asked for 103: plates come in pairs, so 102.5 is as close as it gets.
The bar plus twice one side. Plates come in pairs, so most totals round to the nearest loadable one.