How many sets and reps do you do with max effort work and accessories? Here’s what I prescribe for my conjuphasic clients. You’ll notice I love coming up with ways to self-regulate my athletes and clients through exercise prescription and programming.

There are quite a few things to take into account when it comes to accessory training. If you ask Dave Tate and Joe Sullivan, a few of these things include program design and competition distance (measured in time, not miles or kilometers), and more.

From chest-supported rows, to vertical pull-downs and face-pulls, Tate tightens up Rusin’s supporting exercises to ensure that they are addressing his weak points in a way that will have correspondence to the “big three” lifts.

It all started about two weeks post-Arnold, when I secured my second win back-to-back. I did what I’d always done—push the limits, take drugs, and eat food.

Beyond a rack, bar, and plates, here are the smaller pieces of equipment I feel have added the most value to my strength and conditioning program.

You can make this system as complicated as you want it to be, but you can also make it a simple as you want it to be. Understand the basics first.

Blow your bench up with the BUFFALO BAR™!

Brandon pushed 315 at 132 lb body weight from the help of these accessory moves…

Dave Tate uses chains for an accessory lift.

Updated with Dave Tate's FULL presentation (video) on supplemental strength from the LTT8.