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jbackos
For your first meet continue training how you are now and simply skip a day or two prior to the meet day. You don't yet have the knowledge and empirical experience to program your self or modify a template. In order to set this up you need to know your volume tolerance over time and when and if you need to deload, how much volume can you tolerate in each of the lifts. Go back and read the introduction to the chapter "the advanced master" in the barbell prescription.
For example, I competed from 1990 to 2007 then took a long time off and returned as a master (60). I require a total of 13,000 pounds of workload per week (bench, press, and major accessories) to make bench press progress. Squat and deadlift combined i can only tolerate 7,000 pounds per week. I squat once a week ( one set of 3-5, one single, and maybe one backoff with a pause). I also alternate DE deadlifts and block pulls on alternate weeks. And there is too much personalization for me to go any further.
Follow the process in both the barbell prescription and practical programming. good luck