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i was in no mood today to do 155 lbs.
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I'm in no mood to deadlift 500. I want to pull 600. Maybe next time I should try 575x10?
I might go in next time, start my first set and find it feels like a feather and just say, screw it and not even finish the set in favor of putting on some more weight. But I'm not going to go in and think "I feel like that is too light". It has been my experience that feelings don't have a damn thing to do with it and the few times that feelings work out for you doesn't make up for all the times they WILL do you wrong.
Ever heard of ramped sets? A lot of guys are trying it
It's not about moods or feelings. You need concrete data. You base it on something you've actually DONE. Not just how you feel when you get to the gym that day.
Do you realize just how conservative some strength giants are? I've read about super strong guys who will take an empty bar and if it doesn't feel right they will take an extra day off! And here you can't curb the enthusiasm with something that is ten times more aggresive.
Say the plan is 155x whatever. You do that and it's just ridiculously easy. So you throw on 10 pounds and do another. Maybe you end up putting on or even 30 more pounds when all is said and done. You've still have a greater workload anyway and you haven't just pulled numbers out of thin air based on "feelings".
As I've said again and again you can be flexible and flexibility is in fact essential. But you're taking flexibilty to a bad place. You have a plan and you go with that. If you start in with a workout and the "data" says it's time to ramp it up a bit, you do that. You don't just go from 50 to 100 mph and then develop a new plan based on that.