I was wondering about the impact of the Westside Barbell method so decided to go for max 1 rep squat followed by deadlift. This is after an effective two weeks off (with two workouts during those two weeks), having a pretty bad cold coupled with Aleve Cold and Sinus. My head was not into the lifts but ended with a 455 lb bench and a 455 deadlift with room to go up another 30-50 lbs on each.
The plan is to now sink in more with the program and then do one rep tests on all of the lifts in March about a month before the competition. Planning for my final lifts at nationals to exceed 500lbs on both of these and goal to break 400lbs on bench still.