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Programming decisions for competition lifts were influenced by athlete characteristics such as gender, age, and training status.
Coaches should consider individual athlete characteristics when designing training programs for powerlifters.
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These programming decisions were influenced by athlete characteristics such as gender, use of supportive equipment, age, weight class, relative strength, and training status.
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Based on the detailed survey responses from a large sample.
Source
Exploring Exercise Specificity in Powerlifting: A Survey of Powerlifters' Training Practices and Demographic Influences
Christian Houmann Amdi et al. · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research · 2025
DOI 10.1519/jsc.0000000000005261
cross-sectional · n=548
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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- Powerlifters trained an average of 4.25 times per week, performing competition-style lifts at specific frequencies: squat 1.64 times, bench press 2.48 times, and deadlift 1.37 times per week.Strong
- Almost all powerlifters (>97.5%) incorporated varied practice, including barbell variations and accessory exercises.Strong
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