Brian,

The squats don’t look too bad.
2 things:
1: You appear a little wobbly. Watch he rooting and bracing videos to learn how to get tighter.
2: I’d give you red lights at ta meet if I was the judge. Get deeper!

Bench Press:
Also, not bad.
Again, get tighter-work on bracing and see what happens!

Deadlift:
I stopped watching as soon as you did the roll the bar out and back thing.
Take the Deadlift course!

As far as picking blocks for a meet, there is no need to take time off in between unless is says so at the end of the specific block.

Look at your calendar, and then the meet blocks, and be sure the meet prep peak coincides with the date of your chosen meet.

Let me know if that makes sense.

Hi Brian,

First off welcome to the team. I’ve been really enjoying your videos.
I watched your bench video, great job, a lot looks right on point. I have a couple suggestions for your paused bench, on a pause we are trying to store energy on the way down, maintain it efficiently at the chest, and use it dynamically on the press. Try to float the bar a hair from the chest, a good cue we use is “don’t break the chip”. This way you aren’t leaking any energy into your body, you are storing it instead. Another cue I like is “white knuckle the bar” In the paused position your hands should be so tight, by pulling and bending, that your knuckles are white, this way we are maintaining the energy,during the pause, we have stored on the eccentric part. Once you are ready to press chase that bar with your chest, we are looking to start and finish with a single body arch, this combined with the explosive leg drive you already have will help keep your shoulders packed and keep a straighter bar path.