@@johntrains1317 I tell tha tho brothr.... I hav to step off the gear. WElding, powrlifting training, all the oils from the test and that lil bit of dball got my energy levels fucked. And i just got flu and corona. geez whn it rains it pours.
Bottom of squat = pause squats, as Dan mentioned at 1:22 Bottom of deadlift = deficit deadlifts, pause deadlift Bottom of bench = pause bench Top of squat = add chains Top of bench = block bench, add chains Top of deadlift = rack pulls, add chains
I think Mike T's approach of regularly doing singles at RPE 8 to have a weekly estimated 1RM makes the most sense for determining good accessory movements. You can then test various exercises in a cycle and then correlate which exercise additions tend to correlate with an upward trending e1RM. If pin squats tend to lead to increasing squat e1RMs, they should be a staple you use many cycles.