You need to separate your workouts from your competitive lifting practice sessions, since the proper exercise form for the squat, bench press, and deadlift is very different than the proper competitive form for these.
As you get closer to competition start alternating your regular workouts with skill practice sessions, one for the squat and bench, and another for the deadlift.
One of the best people to talk with about this is Doug Holland at Intelligent Exercise in Shreveport, LA. I suggest getting a consultation with him, or one-on-one training if youāre in the area.
I worked with Paul in the late 90ās and 2000ās. I was in my mid 20ās. I started working out with him following his principles. Using the Hit principles I worked out one day a week. Usually within an hour workout. Bench, deadlift, Squat, butterflies, Push downs, pull downs, calf raises, and leg raises.
I watched a few of his workouts and they were intense. I couldnāt imagine doing what he did several days a week. Also saw Ronnie Colman work out at the same gym. If you ever get a chance to visit Metroflex in Arlington go for it. Then imagine working out in a gym with no ac in the middle of a Texas summer. Thatās Metroflex. Paul always called it a real gym.
This workout kicked my ass weekly. Took me days to recover. I would do a warm up set and then one set to failure. Every three weeks I would go for my max and move up in weight. In about 4 months I was in the best shape of my life. My lifts just kept climbing.
Then I injured at work and got married, had a kid and didnāt have time to train. I moved across the country, due to 9/11 to keep my job and lost track of Paul. Sucks cause he was a good guy and friend. I had heard he had Alzheimerās in the end before he passed too soon at the age of 60. He led an interesting life. At one point he was a wrestler in Dallas and I actually remember seeing him wrestle when I was a kid. He was a bouncer for Billy Bobs, Went to TCU, Worked for Delta Airlines when I met him and worked with him.
Now I am 49 and back in the gym following the principles he taught me. I have two torn rotator cuffs, bad knees, bad back and I am taking it slow. But in the last 3 months I have lost 26 pounds of body fat and my bench press has gone up 80 pounds, my squat is almost 300 for 10 reps. Im no where near where I want to be but Im getting there. It blows me away to go in there and do my workout in about an hour see guys in there doing the same workout over and over the whole time I am in there.
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I assume you meant āsame exercise over and overā, right? So, are you doing the same workout Paul had you do before? Instead of one workout that wipes you out for days, Iād think breaking it in two might be better with our advancing decrepitude. 
Yes the same exercise over and over for an hour.
Same workout Yes. Im not wiped out for days now. I definitely donāt hit it as hard as I did back when I was in my 20ās. But I know my limits especially with a 49 year old body. Low T and type 2 diabetes really slow you down. I workout one day a week with weights and HIT. I go another at least two days a week and just hit the treadmill for a couple miles. Its been a slow process but I am seeing changes for the better.
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The mention of Paul Brodeur and his power lifting workouts reminded me of Marty Gallagher and his articles on minimalistic routines. He had several world renowned powerlifting champions practice routines eerily similar to what Paul Brodeurās routines looked like.
Can anyone argue with Mark Chailletās results?