Accessories for Powerlifting

When designing a powerlifting program the basic structure of each workout will go:

Warm Up

Main Lifts

Variations

Accessories

We decide what variations to do based on the weakness in the lift. Then we decide the accessories based on the muscles responsible for the weakness in the lift. Example of this might be deadlift then block pulls if the athlete struggles at lock out then accessories focused on glutes. Or if they are weak at lockout because of back rounding the accessories might include planks. This structure makes it easy to blend powerlifting and bodybuilding together commonly called powerbuilding. Far out from competition there will be more general training with a higher percentage of volume dedicated towards accessory work. As competition gets closer the accessory work will become more specific and decrease in volume.