Absolutely. I was speaking with Guineapig earlier and came up with an alteration. I’ll use my bench workout from earlier today as an example for quick copy/paste ability:
More of a focus on still using some appreciable weight starting out with the comp lift, followed by a variation hitting a notable weak point for high reps, but still on the heavier end of the spectrum before devolving to dumbbell work/isolation work to ice it off.
Regarding bracing; it’s definitely more technique related if I had to guess, so it might be worth asking here.
When Benching/Deadlifting, I feel the… clinch I guess you could call it. I breath in through my nose, swelling into my diaghram/stomach, whatever you want to call it, then get the last bit of air I can through my mouth. Staying nuetral and locked in. I feel like a damn bowling ball.
If i fail on deadlift, it’s just complete lack of power off the floor.
If I fail on bench it’s always my tris being fried.
However on squat… i dont really know how to describe it… it’s like i can feel and literally hear the air escaping my thoat. I’m tight, but I cant keep the air down, and under very heavy loads I can feel the depressurization affect it. The only time I’ve actually bailed on a squat was feeling like I was about to fold, so I dumped it. The legs felt like they were there.