GGW Results and Moving Forward

[Acorn1993]

So I just finished Andy Baker's GGW yesterday. Even though Andy advises against it I decided to test my maxes all in one day for several reasons: my original maxes were tested this way, I'm studying for midterms in grad school, and I wanted to take the rest of the week off from lifting so I can get back to it next week. Overall I'm happy with the progress I've made as I haven't been taking recovery super serious and I improved all my lifts even the press which I trained only once a week for the majority of the program. Here's my results with videos of my new maxes:

Squat: 385 -> 405 (very proud of hitting this one) YouTube
Bench: 282 TnG -> 280 Paused YouTube
Deadlift: 385 -> 405 YouTube
420 deadlift fail as a bonus -> YouTube
Press: 171.5 -> 175 YouTube

Moving forward I really want to improve my deadlift as much as possible since I can squat as much as I deadlift. I'm planning on competing in my first powerlifting meet October 5th and want to make the 93 kg class which means I have about 15-20 lbs to lose if I want to have some wiggle room going into the meet (I currently weigh ~215 lbs). I'm wondering if anyone has a good suggestion programming wise to tackle my goal of improving my deadlift and at least maintaining my squat and bench press while I lose the weight. I was also thinking some more frequent exposure to heavy singles, doubles, and triples could be beneficial for my powerlifting goals so maybe a heavy light medium with top sets in the 1-3 rep range with back offs in the 4-6 range for heavy day movements could work. Andy's 6 week deadlift template interests me too for dealing with my crappy deadlift. Thoughts?

[chrisza]

Nice job! Your squat is super deep like your almost bottoming out and losing tension in your hamstrings. Bench had another 5-10lbs in it. DL form looks good and no idea why it's not higher. My deadlift moves better training only 1 day a week with 1 heavy set and 1 backoff set but everyone responds differently at this stage. You'd most likely hit a higher DL testing on another day.

[Acorn1993]

Yeah I did pause squats on light day for most of GGW but I'm thinking of increasing the offset another 5% and holding the pause for a 2 count because I think i do have a tendency to lose a little tightness in the hole. As far as deadlifts go do you think it's possible I just never exhausted my linear gains completely? I was thinking of maybe running GGW again because it worked well for squat and bench but doing a somewhat linear progression with deadlifts. Something like this:
A = deadlift 1x5/1x3 w/ 1 back off set at 5-10% difference
B = chins 3xAMRAP
I'd start at about 80% for 1x5 and 85% for 1x3, alternate between the two rep ranges every A workout, and add 5 pounds every time. Hopefully that made sense. Do you think that could work?

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

I don't know your situation exactly, but in general - yes, it's quite common to have 1-2 lifts in a more intermediate progression and another lift still progressing linearly like a novice.

[Acorn1993]

Do you think a progression like I listed above for deadlift is worth trying while I use your GGW program for squats and presses? Once I lose the weight I'm looking forward to running the KSC Texas Method for a while to get more practice with heavier weights.