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Sets per muscle this week

Full body · 98 sets across 7 days. Largest gap: hamstrings, 3 of 6 sets. Upper-body muscles count 122 sets, leg muscles 28.5. Helper work only: forearms, hamstrings and glutes. Not in the week: calves and core. Past the ceiling: back, shoulders, biceps and triceps.

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

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 21 10–22 High volume. Hold here.
Back 27 10–25 Past the 25-set ceiling most lifters recover from.
Shoulders 31.5 8–26 Past the 26-set ceiling most lifters recover from. 21 direct, 10.5 from helping.
Biceps 20.5 8–20 Past the 20-set ceiling most lifters recover from. 10 direct, 10.5 from helping.
Triceps 22 8–18 Past the 18-set ceiling most lifters recover from. 4 direct, 18 from helping.
Forearms 5 6–16 Helper work only, so it is not flagged.
Quads 15 8–20 High volume. Hold here.
Hamstrings 3 6–16 Below the 6-set weekly minimum. All of it is helper work.
Glutes 10.5 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.