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Sets per muscle this week

Body-part split · 86 sets across 5 days. Largest gap: calves, 4 of 8 sets. Upper-body muscles count 98.5 sets, leg muscles 26.5. Helper work only: forearms and glutes. Not in the week: core.

Nothing is missed. Below the weekly minimum: calves.

The week

Chest

Barbell Bench Presschest4
Barbell Incline Bench Presschest4
Dumbbell Flychest3
Chest Dipchest3
Cable Triceps Pushdowntriceps3

Back

Barbell Deadliftback3
Barbell Bent-Over Rowback4
Lat Pulldownback4
Seated Cable Rowback3
Barbell Shrugback3

Shoulders

Barbell Seated Overhead Pressshoulders4
Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders4
Barbell Rear Delt Rowshoulders3
Barbell Upright Rowshoulders3
Barbell Shrugback3

Legs

Barbell Back Squatquads4
Barbell Romanian Deadlifthamstrings3
Smith Machine Leg Pressquads4
Seated Leg Curlhamstrings3
Barbell Standing Calf Raisecalves4

Arms

Barbell Curlbiceps4
Cable Triceps Pushdowntriceps4
Dumbbell Hammer Curlbiceps3
Close-Grip Bench Presstriceps3
Dumbbell Concentration Curlbiceps3

The count

MuscleSetsMin to ceilingReading
Chest 15.5 10–22 In the productive range. 14 direct, 1.5 from helping.
Back 24.5 10–25 High volume. Hold here. 20 direct, 4.5 from helping.
Shoulders 22.5 8–26 High volume. Hold here. 14 direct, 8.5 from helping.
Biceps 18.5 8–20 High volume. Hold here. 10 direct, 8.5 from helping.
Triceps 17.5 8–18 High volume. Hold here. 10 direct, 7.5 from helping.
Forearms 5 6–16 Helper work only, so it is not flagged.
Quads 8 8–20 In the productive range.
Hamstrings 7.5 6–16 In the productive range. 6 direct, 1.5 from helping.
Glutes 7 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.