Ok, what I'm wondering is if you understand the progression here. You gave me a range of squat weight, 115 to 135. Now this program is sets accross. The SAME weight for every set. NO you should not use ramped sets for this. Now at this point I'm guessing you've been at this for around 3 weeks? Yet it seems as if there has been a question in your mind about when to add wieght and all that. Basically you should have started with a weight that was light enough to pretty much guarantee progression for the first 3 to 4 weeks. At the beginning it really shouldn't be that hard. The intensity is "cycled" meaning you build up from a load that is somewhat lower than your maximum ability over a period of several weaks. This is what allows you to progress beyond that ability for a much longer period of time.

When you say you are "weak" on things does that mean you feel the weight your are at is weak compared to other people or that you don't feel strong at this weight? Also, 10 lbs for certain things like MP's and bench press can be too much.

It is ok to do some assistance work but NOT because you don't feel you did enough. It's all about progression. If you are consistently loaing the bar workout after workout then you are doing enough, trust me. I would leave out the arm work for now until you are sure on the other stuff. Ab work should be in there. Pushups are probably a waste of time.

Once you are feeling stronger and getting better at generating intensity then some tricep work may be okay. And I would recomment trying some pullups instead of bicep curls.

A2G really means to go as low as you can. For most that means the back of their hams are in contact with their calves. How vertical you spine is has to do with you center of gravity. Which is of course affected by how low you squat and you bar postitioning and your body, lol. It would be literally impossible for most to sit back into a squat with a heavy barbell on the back while maintaining a vertical posture! You'd fall backward. At the same time it is not a severe forward lean because that would mean more shear stress on you spine, much more work for you core musculature and spinal erectors meaning much less weight and potential for injury.

I'm thinking since you are basically learning your squat that you may be in a range that will curtail your progression prematurely. And I'm wondering about the other stuff too.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.