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@TGR and @Tenderloin Are those 1RM numbers?
@Tenderloin you can definitely squat a lot more than that. Stop working on your boobs and get some leg days in :)
dan
Tenderloin
Starting Strength will give you all the info in written form about the lifts. Stronglifts provides useful videos too.
In the majority of these programs - heavy lifting is the aim - progressive heavy lifting. When you reach a plateau, drop the weight and work back up and, hopefully, you will pass the plateau. This has worked for me up to now. In the future, I would expect to reach a plateau which I cannot overcome. At that point, I will look at other programmes which will help - Madcow may be one.
I haven't gone back far enough to read why you are doing weights. That reason is vital to what programme suits your circumstances.
Also, I don't know what your stats are - age etc. If you look back through my posts - there is one which will give you an idea of 'average' weights which people with your stats should be lifting based on your experience - it is worth a look.
I am a newbie to weights and I have to be very careful about injuries because of my work. If I am unwell etc. I stop until I am fit. This may cause a reduction in the amount I lift but it soon gets back to the weight I stopped at. Currently I have not lifting in 8 weeks due to flu and a bad shoulder - once these are sufficiently recovered, I will resume and I expect to be lifting 50% less but over s few weeks I will get back to where I was. I am 48yrs old, 88kg, 6 feet tall and my max lifts are - squat 105kg, DL 130kg, OHP 45kg, bench 55kg. DL is a little light but I had messed up the app so that will go up when I resume.
Richard