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I do:
135 x 8
225 x 4
315 x 1-2
405 x 1
420 x 7(1st work set)
i feel the singles help me "handle" the weights when i do one. I guess it could be chalked up to priming the nervous system so to speak to prepare it for the lift more so than the muscle
I warmup this way as well. As for other aspects of warmups, I foam roll my back before every workout and try to loosen up my thoracic spine by trying to touch my head to the matt as I roll (if I can't do this, I know that I might want to back off when doing squats, deads, etc). I also do Dante's broomstrick stretch to warmup up the shoulders and improve external rotation (do this for shoulders, chest, and when I'm going to back squat). For legs, I'll do leg swings to the side since I've had some medial glute issues in the past and I might roll my quads/upper glutes as well before or as I do my warmup sets.