It was not a true max on the 835 or 857. I stopped at 835 because I was in a new suit and had hit a PR. I stopped at 857.5 after it was the easiest lift of the night. It felt like there was another 50-75lbs+ left in the tank. When I truely maxout the warmup sets will be less and I will go till failure.
If you want a better understanding of my training go to:
www.apa-wpa.com look under training logs: EPOCH-NASHT5 PREDATOR, NASHT5 TRAINING LOG & EYE OF THE TIGER...EYE OF THE TIGER. I bench one day a week, squat one day a week and deadlift one day a week. sometimes throw in a back day.
Tonight I benched with Mark Pritchard (APA submaster record holder), Bart Kelly(Bench America class winner) & Brad Kelly( 2nd best all time bench in the 242's with 772.5lbs). I learned alot from them on my Denim shirt tonight. So much infact that I benched a new Pr of 455lbs with plenty of push left in me. Only the second time in the shirt.