THE ZONE!!
So it was a pretty hefty leg day and I had envisioned what I had wanted to accomplish since the night before when I went to bed…HEAVY SQUATS! Finally that moment had come on the 5th set with 405 on the bar staring me in the face. Just turned up the tunes and made myself believe it was light weight…got under it went down and up for a good 7 reps (having wanted 6 I was already past what i wanted, could have easily racked it but no…) Something kicked in after that 7th rep and I was in a zone I have never been in before. I was finally able to bust out 5 more good reps for a total of 12 before my knee strap had come undone!
I cant even begin to describe how I was feeling after that, tired, accomplished, proud, hurting…I had dropped straight to the floor to sit down after, its like something snapped in my head and since then my workouts have been even more intense and i want to recreate that feeling at all costs! 
Just thought I would share with whoever decides to read this, thanks!
Stay Dedicated and Get Some!!
-Brando
September 20, 2008 at 8:56 am
It’s an incredible feeling to accomplish something you didn’t think or expect you could! Keep it up hon!!
September 20, 2008 at 10:06 am
AWESOME!
It sounds like your training has moved to the next level.
A beast has emerged!
-Jeff
September 21, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Hmmm…you found the zone!! That is so awesome!!
September 26, 2008 at 11:50 am
I just read about this in my book … people have incredible strength when they "psych" themselves up. You provide a great example above .. another example is a woman lifting a car off her husband after it fell on top of him. Crazy! The book also mentions that since you’ve gone beyond what you can normally handle, you will most likely sustain injury to your ligaments, etc. Awesome squats but be careful