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In the end it depends a lot on what your goals are, but given what you've said I'd say that including isolation exercises is not necessary. I throw in about 15 min of isolation work at the end of my...

There's no requirement for competition to be feasible. If you have interest in competing then I'd suggest doing your first competition as soon as is reasonable. My experience has always been that...

What was the impact of Efferding specifically? Just asking as I know he competed in PL, but not sure what the impact of it was.

I've seen the same. My last two meets (IPF affiliate) were 50...

It's honestly volume dependent. We'd need to know more about your program and not just your split.

I only deadlift once per week, squat 2-3 and bench 3-4 plus limited assistance/accessory work....

Good luck!

Don't cut weight. Those numbers will be great at your age and weight.

What are your lifts at now? 1rm, 3rm or 5rm?

What are Madcow 5x5 followers normally getting up to in numbers before increasing volume? Examples on the website showed some mid-500s for example...

Without seeing your form I can't really tell you whether your 385 lbs squat is good or not. It's nothing exceptional at 185lbs as far as powerlifting goes, but it's certainly not terrible.

You can...

Best home gym I've seen. Well done!

I squat high bar, normally further out from comps and then gradually take it out as I get more into strength work and it's totally gone when I'm peaking. I find it less stressful on the back and that...

Custom program.

Block periodization. I'm currently running a Hypertrophy block. I use daily undulating periodization within the blocks as well. The other two blocks are Strength and Peaking. I run...

I use these for deadlifts and roughly agree with your review. Compared with my Adipowers the construction quality is very obviously lower, though they are less than half the price.

My biggest...

You should go lower, though the video doesn't really allow me to say how much, though I'm estimating it's at least 6 inches. Being this is the Powerlifting/Strongman forum I'm looking at things in...

I think you'd be fine to run whatever program you're planning to run for those 4 weeks anyway. I'd just either plan your vacation week to line up with a deload, in other words overreaching in week 4....

How many reps are you hitting for the top sets on the 5s, 3s, and 5/3/1 weeks for squat and deadlift?

When you say 4-6, I presume this means for all 5 sets. This is an odd problem as you should be...

Those are great numbers for your first meet, so well done!

Beyond 5/3/1 can be a very good program, but you'll need to make sure you put the program together so that it is geared toward...

I've recently started working the hook grip in my warm up and some accessory movements. I'm only in my second week of using it and used it up to my 425 warm up single with little issue. I have a meet...

Depends on what phase of training I'm in, but typically:

Hypertrophy and Strength Blocks:
M - Squat + assistance
T - Bench + assistance
W - Deadlift + assistance
T - Bench + assistance
F -...

If you haven't already, check out Chad Wesley Smith's Youtube video on designing a peaking phase. It has specific information for male and female lifters as well as those of different size and...

For each of those numbers you're probably looking at about 7 or 8 reps to hit the 1 RM for squat and deadlift. There's going to be a lot of individual differences - mechanics, technique, muscle...

As far as rushing, I'd say you're doing it throughout unracking and walking out the bar.

I'd slow down unracking the weight. Get solidly locked into the far before walking it out. Push through...