Kyle Aaron

Yes, that's what I meant. Your guess was right, so have confidence in your instincts.

The principles of progressive resistance training are quite simply to progress, go forward, do more today than you did yesterday. You can do more weight, or more reps, or more sets.

What I suggested is simply a formalised way of progressing. For example, the squat part of your workout might look like, with warmup sets,

#1, Squat 30kg 10, 40kg 10, 50kg 6,6,6
#2, Squat 30kg 10, 40kg 10, 50kg 7,7,7
#3, Squat 30kg 10, 40kg 10, 50kg 8,8,8
#4, Squat 30kg 10, 40kg 10, 55kg 6,6,6
#5, Squat 30kg 10, 40kg 10, 55kg 7,7,7
#6, Squat 30kg 10, 40kg 10, 60kg 8,8,8
#7, Squat 35kg 10, 45kg 10, 65kg 6,6,6
#8, Squat 35kg 10, 45kg 10, 65kg 7,7,5
#9, Squat 35kg 10, 45kg 10, 65kg 7,7,5,3
#10, Squat 35kg 10, 45kg 10, 65kg 7,7,7
#11, Squat 35kg 10, 45kg 10, 65kg 8,8,8
#12, Squat 35kg 10, 50kg 10, 70kg 6,6,6

The bolded part is the part that is more than last time. Workout #2 has more reps than #1. #4 has more weight. Workout #8 you couldn't make the target reps (7,7,5), but 7 reps is still more than 6, so fine. But workout #9 you got the same weight and same reps as in #8, so you did more sets. And so on.

You should record all your workouts, then you can make sure you're progressing. If you continue to stall, have a look at your exercise technique. If that's good, the next likely issue is diet, and after that poor sleep. So record what you eat and how much sleep you get, too.

Be confident, be strong.

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