Last monday i squatted 75kg for 8 @ 8 and im finally getting back in the groove coming back from covid and a back injury.
How would you try to progressively overload this? I can add 1.25kg each side to try to get 77.5kg for 8 @ 8 but then my e1rm increases by 3kg which seems maybe too much. Am i overthinking this? Or is there another way to increase my e1rm by 1 or 2kg without having micro plates available?
Also how would you progressively overload your chinups/pullups without a belt?
I don’t think it is important to progress every week, you can still be getting an adequate training stimulus without seeing better performance every week. Technically you could see a small jump in e1rm without micro plates if you use different reps and RPE. For example 75kgx8@7.5 would be a 1.9kg increase in e1rm. Chins/pullups can be progressed by adding reps (if that seems too difficult you could start by adding partials or cheaty reps), or you could hold a weight between you feet or thighs (easiest with DBs)