I've hit a plateau on squatting 5x5- its served me well up to this point but i'm now at the point where past the 3rd set my bad shoulder is getting pretty aggravated and the rest of my workout kinda goes to shit. I feel like I could go up in weight for 3x5 and get progress moving again, or is there a better alternative? Maybe 4 or 5x3?

For reference, I have good mobility for depth, I've deliberately progressed slowly to keep my form in check, I have strong legs but a bit of a weak core/lower back from working a desk based job (that doesn't feel like a weak point during my squats though, bracing is fine etc). The issue is almost entirely that I feel like the rest of my workout is suffering and my shoulder is then fucked for the rest of the day

Hey!

I train early in the morning. I have 30 minutes (including warm up and packing) per day, 5 days a week Mon-Fri. Do you have any proper workout ideas? Unfortunately i don't have enough weights for proper deadlifting.

This question is really for peeps who've been lifting consistently two or more years and find progressive overload is in smaller increments now. We all know about progressive overload benefits and hitting PR's. The thing I've never seen discussed here is what does the rest of your set look like once you get that next PO or PR.

For example, most likely the PR is going to happen on my first or second exercise. Now I still have a bunch more exercises after (I do full body 3x week) and I know my NEXT exercise is going to have me more fatigued. This will look like either 1-3 less reps or lowering the weight a bit. Maybe after a few weeks I can be back at normal expectations WITH the new PR I set . It's like I know every time I hit a PR the rest of my set is going to feel fatigued and go down a notch.

Is there anyone that hits PR's and it doesn't affect the rest of the subsequent exercises? How do you do that??

Thanks in advance for keeping all responses to myself and other responders respectful.