Workload vs. Volume

Just so you know, for the future..the total pounds are 'work'. Commonly referred to as workload. That is NOT the same as volume which is just reps x sets with no thought as to how heavy. You can have a very high volume and a very low workload being the weights are light.

When I say volume I simply mean weights x reps. The point was that you could have increased density by just doing the same stuff in less sets. So what took you 4 sets of 2 say it takes you 3sets of 3 (+ 1 rep). That's not considering the workload as such.

So why would you consider the workload in that situation? Because it gives you an indication of the relative intensity of the workout. I.E say you did the 3 x 3 so that's 9 reps. You'd want you workload to hopefully be the same as the doubles and you know you've maintained the relative intensity.

What you did was consider workload as the same as volume causing you to try a BEAT the previous workload. Meaning you might have thrown yourself under a bus. It's nice to beat the workload but all you needed to do was more or less maintain intensity while increasing density and maybe increasing volume a little bit. That would have at least matched or beat the workload a little bit.
Right now it's hard to say what to do next because you kind of jumped the gun so we'll need to go by how you feel.

Given all that is sounds like you had a good session and you're happy so that is good.

Just never mix up volume and workload again.