point of interest

i managed to pull 410 today without being stressed out of my gourd all week.

it was not as solid a lift as my 405 pull, but rippetoe points out (sensibly?) that if the form were perfect, it wouldn't be a max effort.

anyhow, i'm curious as to why i wasn't freaked out with stomach aches and stress and such all week. one theory is that i really didn't commit to a 410 attempt until this morning. another theory is that i spent all week eating like a lifter (was going to put in some kind of animal like whale or horse or something, but really, i ate like a lifter, not a plankton vacuum or a grass shitter) and my recovery was maximal (i gained 3-4lbs over last week, though measurements are far from precise).

i did realize last night that i hadn't spent every waking moment visualizing the lift. in fact i thought about it very little. really, i'd say i wasn't stressed simply because i'd already reached my goal, wasn't worried about injuring myself, and this lift was simply gravy: if i did it, great, if i didn't, i already had 405 in the bag.