RB2,
You may have misunderstood BEags. In the break, select idle/idle, extend the speedbrake(s). At gear and flap limiting speed, lower gear and (half/mid/50%/etc) flap. In a lot of types those two limiting speeds were/are close enough together to have both services travelling at the same time and, therefore putting load on the relevant hyd system.
He didn't say "in the first portion of the turn". Gear and flap could certainly come DURING the break.
Courtney