I plan my third attempts based what I've done in training and work back from there. I put my second low so that if it's slow I can still go up a little, but if it's fast then I can go for my planned...
I don't think holding more weight and lock out are the only benefits. I would also disagree that most people are weak off the chest. I always had weak triceps and it wasn't until I trained equipped...
What people forget is that this is what he did when he was already hitting big numbers and knew how to squat pretty much perfectly. If your technique isn't where it needs to be I wouldn't suggest...
4 a year for me. Usually full power, rarely one will be bench only. If the meets are spread out I don't see how competing this often will get in the way of progress.
You push your knees out so that you can get depth more efficiently. By pushing your knees out you don't have to fold as much to keep the bar over your feet and you keep your hips closer to the bar as...
If they have a good team I'd go for it. Hard to find good advice when moving to equipped , plus if you don't like it you can just go back to raw. Given that it's single ply I'd imagine a lot of their...
I don't think it's too early. Learning how to peak for a comp takes experience. There are two types if peaking programs, one where you drop the volume and increase the intensity like a Coan type...
Why do an exercise that mimics the behaviour that your trying to avoid? Without a video to see is suggest front squats and driving your knees out hard during regular squats will help.