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Sets per muscle this week

Push / pull / legs · 65 sets across 4 days. Largest gap: calves, 4 of 8 sets. Upper-body muscles count 70 sets, leg muscles 25. Helper work only: forearms and glutes. Not in the week: core.

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

The week

Push

Barbell Bench Presschest4
Barbell Seated Overhead Pressshoulders3
Barbell Incline Bench Presschest3
Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders3
Cable Triceps Pushdowntriceps3

Pull

Barbell Deadliftback3
Barbell Bent-Over Rowback4
Lat Pulldownback3
Dumbbell Biceps Curlbiceps3
Dumbbell Hammer Curlbiceps3

Legs

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

Push

Barbell Bench Presschest4
Barbell Seated Overhead Pressshoulders3
Barbell Incline Bench Presschest3
Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders3
Cable Triceps Pushdowntriceps3

The count

MuscleSetsMin to ceilingReading
Chest 14 10–22 In the productive range.
Back 11.5 10–25 In the productive range. 10 direct, 1.5 from helping.
Shoulders 19 8–26 High volume. Hold here. 12 direct, 7 from helping.
Biceps 9.5 8–20 In the productive range. 6 direct, 3.5 from helping.
Triceps 16 8–18 High volume. Hold here. 6 direct, 10 from helping.
Forearms 3 6–16 Helper work only, so it is not flagged.
Quads 7 8–20 Below the 8-set weekly minimum.
Hamstrings 7.5 6–16 In the productive range. 6 direct, 1.5 from helping.
Glutes 6.5 6–16 In the productive range. 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.