ok, another issue: what are you doing during these 3-4 weeks when you're just ramping the weights? I find it psychologically very hard to work in sub-max weights (manifestation of another "no pain no gain" behavior). all I can do meanwhile is concentrate on form, read articles about program design, get consoled by the fact that I'm going (after 2 years!) to break records like a lunatic, and download ebook from emule

but seriously, what do you guys like to do meanwhile? how do you handle this period of time?

(or is it just me always complicating things?)