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Sets per muscle this week

Full body · 56 sets across 4 days. Largest gap: hamstrings, 1.5 of 6 sets. Upper-body muscles count 69.5 sets, leg muscles 16.5. Helper work only: forearms, hamstrings and glutes. Not in the week: calves and core.

Nothing is missed. Below the weekly minimum: hamstrings.

The week

Day A

Barbell Back Squatquads3
Barbell Bench Presschest3
Barbell Bent-Over Rowback3
Barbell Seated Overhead Pressshoulders3
Barbell Curlbiceps2

Day B

Barbell Deadliftback3
Barbell Incline Bench Presschest3
Lat Pulldownback3
Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders3
Cable Triceps Pushdowntriceps2

Day C

Barbell Front Squatquads3
Dumbbell Bench Presschest3
Seated Cable Rowback3
Dumbbell Overhead Pressshoulders3
Dumbbell Hammer Curlbiceps2

Day A

Barbell Back Squatquads3
Barbell Bench Presschest3
Barbell Bent-Over Rowback3
Barbell Seated Overhead Pressshoulders3
Barbell Curlbiceps2

The count

MuscleSetsMin to ceilingReading
Chest 12 10–22 In the productive range.
Back 15 10–25 In the productive range.
Shoulders 18 8–26 High volume. Hold here. 12 direct, 6 from helping.
Biceps 12 8–20 In the productive range. 6 direct, 6 from helping.
Triceps 12.5 8–18 In the productive range. 2 direct, 10.5 from helping.
Forearms 3 6–16 Helper work only, so it is not flagged.
Quads 9 8–20 In the productive range.
Hamstrings 1.5 6–16 Below the 6-set weekly minimum. All of it is helper work.
Glutes 6 6–16 In the productive range. All of it is helper work.
Calves 0 8–20 Not in this week.
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.