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i didnt know what more to do after 4x6 on Flat Bench. increasing the weight would mean doing 145 lbs directly for i guess 4 sets of 4 or something. so i totalled the volume with 135 for 4x6. comes to 3240. i did 155 for 6x3. totals 2790. next week it will be 3255. the week after it will be 3720.
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Calculating the workloads will steer you down the wrong path. It's progression that matters. A little overlap in total workload may be just the thing that allows you to continue to load the bar on ONE movement rather that the abitrary rotation of lifts that results from to much work at higher intensity. And you're also not taking into account rest periods. 4x4 at 145 would have been fine if that allowed you to then do 4x6 at 145. Better yet would have been to start at 5 or even 4 reps and go from there in the first place. Although I wouldn't specifically plan for 4 reps. More like you hit 5 or 6 on the first set and maybe on subseqent sets you can only hit 4...then next time you do all sets of 6. Again more room to progress. You have to plan for that.
But you know there are no hard and fast rules and the way you're doing it may work out fine for you. Just keep in mind the idea of giving yourself "room" to progress when choosing load, reps and sets.
All you have to do on the GHR's is concentrate on the negative if you can't do the positive unassisted. That's the only way you'll be able to build up strength on those. It takes a while.
Your plan for next workout looks fine. If it feels good and you can do more then do so...as long as you are not working to absolute failure on every set or something. This is a very flexible thing since you have more variables to play with. You don't have to be as rigid as the 5x5, you just have to be reasonable.