Is this workout split good?

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Monday – Push (Chest/Shoulders/Triceps):
  • Barbell or dumbbell incline bench press (4×6–8)
  • Smith-machine or flat bench press (3×6–8)
  • Overhead shoulder press (barbell or dumbbell, 3×6–8)
  • Dumbbell lateral raises (3×12–15) (hit medial delts)
  • Lean-forward dips or weighted chest dips (3×8–12) (more chest emphasis when leaning)
  • Triceps extensions (cable or skullcrusher, 3×10–12)
  • Side Dish: 2–3 sets push-ups or incline push-ups (bodyweight burnout)

    Tuesday – Pull (Back/Biceps):

  • Pull-ups or lat pulldowns (4×6–10) (for wide lats)
  • Single-arm dumbbell row or cable row (3×8–10 each side)
  • Seated cable row (3×8–10) (engages mid-back/posture)
  • Face pulls (3×12–15) (fixes rounded shoulders/rear delts)
  • Barbell curls or dumbbell curls (3×8–12)
  • Hammer curls (2×10–12)
  • Side Dish: 2–3 sets inverted rows or chin-ups (bodyweight back volume)

    Wednesday – Legs & Core:

  • Front squat or back squat (4×6–8) (front squat builds core and releases hormones
  • Romanian deadlift (3×6–8)
  • Lunges or Bulgarian split squat (3×8–10 per leg)
  • Leg extensions (2×10–15)
  • Standing calf raise (3×15–20)
  • Hanging leg raises (3×10–15) or Ab wheel rollouts (3×8–12)
  • Oblique twists (cable or medicine ball, 2×15 each side)

    Thursday – Shoulders/Arms (Delts, Biceps, Triceps):

  • Military (overhead) press (barbell or machine, 4×6–8)
  • Arnold presses or dumbbell overhead (3×8–10)
  • Dumbbell lateral raises (3×12–15) (repeat for more side delt volume)
  • Rear-delt flyes or more face pulls (2×12–15)
  • Close-grip bench press or dips (triceps focus, 3×8–10)
  • Cable overhead triceps extension (3×10–12)
  • Barbell or dumbbell curls (3×8–12)
  • Preacher or incline curls (2×10–12)
  • Optional: Forearm work (wrist curls) or neck curls (3×10–12)

    Friday – Push or Full Upper Day:

  • Incline dumbbell bench press (3×8–10)
  • Cable crush-grip chest press or cross-body press (3×10–12) (inner chest focus)
  • Dumbbell flyes or cable flyes (3×10–12)
  • Lat pulldown or pull-ups (3×8–10)
  • Light seated dumbbell press (2×10–12)
  • High-to-low cable fly or decline push-ups (3×12–15) (lower chest)
  • Single-arm tricep pushdowns (2×10 each side)
  • Hammer curls or reverse curls (2×10–12)

    Saturday – Pull/Hypertrophy or Mixed (Back/Shoulders/Biceps):

  • Rack pulls or deadlifts (3×5–6) (back thickness)
  • Wide-grip seated row or T-bar row (3×8–10)
  • Wide-grip pulldown or weighted chin-ups (3×6–10)
  • Cable lateral raises (2×12–15)
  • Face pulls or rear-delt fly (2×12–15)
  • Biceps superset: 2×(EZ-bar curl + incline curl drop set)
  • Triceps superset: 2×(dips + cable kickbacks)
 
No, not optimal and you're making it way too complicated.
Keep it simple:
Run a Upper/Lower or Full Body Split with 3x frequency per week.
1-2 sets per muscle group, priority muscles first, no drop sets.
4-6 reps per set with 1-2 RIR to prevent unnecessary muscle fatigue
-> leads to less recruitment of motor units -> less mechanical tension -> poorer muscle development
 
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dont need to do 2 squat variations. also leg press or hack squat is superior then those variations. and u only need 1-2 sets 0-1rir. either leg press or hack for squat variation, leg extension, hamstring movement preferably seated hamstring curls, then adductor machine. 2 sets each movement max. seems like u do way too much volume
 
Monday – Push (Chest/Shoulders/Triceps):
  • Barbell or dumbbell incline bench press (4×6–8)
  • Smith-machine or flat bench press (3×6–8)
  • Overhead shoulder press (barbell or dumbbell, 3×6–8)
  • Dumbbell lateral raises (3×12–15) (hit medial delts)
  • Lean-forward dips or weighted chest dips (3×8–12) (more chest emphasis when leaning)
  • Triceps extensions (cable or skullcrusher, 3×10–12)
  • Side Dish: 2–3 sets push-ups or incline push-ups (bodyweight burnout)

    Tuesday – Pull (Back/Biceps):

  • Pull-ups or lat pulldowns (4×6–10) (for wide lats)
  • Single-arm dumbbell row or cable row (3×8–10 each side)
  • Seated cable row (3×8–10) (engages mid-back/posture)
  • Face pulls (3×12–15) (fixes rounded shoulders/rear delts)
  • Barbell curls or dumbbell curls (3×8–12)
  • Hammer curls (2×10–12)
  • Side Dish: 2–3 sets inverted rows or chin-ups (bodyweight back volume)

    Wednesday – Legs & Core:

  • Front squat or back squat (4×6–8) (front squat builds core and releases hormones
  • Romanian deadlift (3×6–8)
  • Lunges or Bulgarian split squat (3×8–10 per leg)
  • Leg extensions (2×10–15)
  • Standing calf raise (3×15–20)
  • Hanging leg raises (3×10–15) or Ab wheel rollouts (3×8–12)
  • Oblique twists (cable or medicine ball, 2×15 each side)

    Thursday – Shoulders/Arms (Delts, Biceps, Triceps):

  • Military (overhead) press (barbell or machine, 4×6–8)
  • Arnold presses or dumbbell overhead (3×8–10)
  • Dumbbell lateral raises (3×12–15) (repeat for more side delt volume)
  • Rear-delt flyes or more face pulls (2×12–15)
  • Close-grip bench press or dips (triceps focus, 3×8–10)
  • Cable overhead triceps extension (3×10–12)
  • Barbell or dumbbell curls (3×8–12)
  • Preacher or incline curls (2×10–12)
  • Optional: Forearm work (wrist curls) or neck curls (3×10–12)

    Friday – Push or Full Upper Day:

  • Incline dumbbell bench press (3×8–10)
  • Cable crush-grip chest press or cross-body press (3×10–12) (inner chest focus)
  • Dumbbell flyes or cable flyes (3×10–12)
  • Lat pulldown or pull-ups (3×8–10)
  • Light seated dumbbell press (2×10–12)
  • High-to-low cable fly or decline push-ups (3×12–15) (lower chest)
  • Single-arm tricep pushdowns (2×10 each side)
  • Hammer curls or reverse curls (2×10–12)

    Saturday – Pull/Hypertrophy or Mixed (Back/Shoulders/Biceps):

  • Rack pulls or deadlifts (3×5–6) (back thickness)
  • Wide-grip seated row or T-bar row (3×8–10)
  • Wide-grip pulldown or weighted chin-ups (3×6–10)
  • Cable lateral raises (2×12–15)
  • Face pulls or rear-delt fly (2×12–15)
  • Biceps superset: 2×(EZ-bar curl + incline curl drop set)
  • Triceps superset: 2×(dips + cable kickbacks)
holy volume bro lower the sets and train harder bro, choice of exercise is good tho
 
back complete, chest/shoulders, hammies + biceps , rest, upper/triceps, quads + abs, rest
 
never do 4 sets, 3 max. monday: do cable chest flies (dumbell if u dont have cables fo some reason), get rid of wtv the fuck side dish is, replace with tricep pushdowns
ur back/biceps day sucks major dick replace hammer curls with preacher curls and dumbbell curls with bayesian curls and dont bother with chin ups
i would repeat the same exercises monday-thursday and tuesday-friday and take rest days saturday n sunday and incorporate forearms abs whenever u want

This will all help u go up 1 weight class atleast every week if ur not retarded just take it from a real nigga like me
 

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