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That sounds like a plan, cheers - i'll start to blend it in next week, this week i've felt i'm getting to a stage where further progress will only be made by scouring the racks for the wee .5kg coasters... happy enough with where I am right now as a base so i'm all for a bit of a switcheroo
Last time I was visiting the gym with any conviction (pre covid) I was doing a kettlebell class on the "off" days which helped with flexibility & a bit of core strength - enjoyed that & it seemed to compliment the barbell stuff well, I don't have the luxury of leisurely lunchbreaks anymore so i'm trying to squeeze as much as possible into 45 mins before work, half asleep.
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I'd say main thing you're missing is a hip hinge movement, so definitely worth adding that deadlift in. If you're doing full body exercises 4 days in a row fatigue is always going to compromise your performance in those sets a bit so don't worry too much about your deadlift impacting your squat.
I would mix this up by varying rep range, on squat/bench day 1 do heavier, lower volume on one exercise, and lighter, higher volume on the other, then swap them the next time you have squat/bench. apply same concept to other days. so then you can do your deadlifts the day before your volume squat day.
Other benefit of this is higher volume / lighter weight sets require less rest, could even superset them with a different movements.