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nice lifts. diddle may or may not be wrong, it depends on how close you are to competition time. if you arent too close, I lose all teh gear and just use a belt, nothing else. if you are closer its a good idea to "get some practice" with everything, or at least back into the groove of using equipment. The other thing you should devote some time to is proper form, even now that I dont compete much I still devote a little time to improving form if I ever want to go back.