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Sets per muscle this week

Upper / lower · 51 sets across 3 days. Largest gap: calves, 4 of 8 sets. Upper-body muscles count 53.5 sets, leg muscles 22. Helper work only: forearms and glutes. Not in the week: core.

Nothing is missed. Below the weekly minimum: calves, chest, quads and glutes.

The week

Upper A

Barbell Bench Presschest4
Barbell Bent-Over Rowback4
Barbell Seated Overhead Pressshoulders3
Lat Pulldownback3
Dumbbell Biceps Curlbiceps3

Lower A

Barbell Back Squatquads4
Barbell Romanian Deadlifthamstrings3
Smith Machine Leg Pressquads3
Seated Leg Curlhamstrings3
Barbell Standing Calf Raisecalves4

Upper B

Barbell Incline Bench Presschest4
Seated Cable Rowback4
Dumbbell Overhead Pressshoulders3
Chin-Upback3
Cable Triceps Pushdowntriceps3

The count

MuscleSetsMin to ceilingReading
Chest 8 10–22 Below the 10-set weekly minimum.
Back 15.5 10–25 In the productive range. 14 direct, 1.5 from helping.
Shoulders 10 8–26 In the productive range. 6 direct, 4 from helping.
Biceps 10 8–20 In the productive range. 3 direct, 7 from helping.
Triceps 10 8–18 In the productive range. 3 direct, 7 from helping.
Forearms 1.5 6–16 Helper work only, so it is not flagged.
Quads 7 8–20 Below the 8-set weekly minimum.
Hamstrings 6 6–16 In the productive range.
Glutes 5 6–16 Below the 6-set weekly minimum. All of it is helper work.
Calves 4 8–20 Below the 8-set weekly minimum.
Core 0 8–25 Not in this week.

Each set counts once for the main muscle of its exercise and as half a set for each helper. Stripes mark helper work only. The minimum and ceiling are rules of thumb, not measurements of you.