Typically my workouts are fit into a small window between my workday and picking up my children from the babysitter.

My typical workout is 3 set of 12.

bench press
straight curl bar curls
incline or decline bench which ever is open
standing rows with the same bar and weight as curls
rolling up rope with 10 lb weight
behind head pull downs
V bar push downs
wrist curls

This last saturday with a little bit more time on my hands at the end of an exercise I did an extra set with reduced weight until form loss.

Please advise if this was a good or bad idea? Is this something I should consider doing more often? or never again.

What if anything do you reccommend adding to my routine when time allows?

Thanks ahead of time.

going to failure (until you fail a rep), if that is what you are talking about, is mostly seen in bodybuilding as it makes hypertrophy (muscle size).
but the reduced weights bit i dont know.. as hyp training requires heavy weights.. so, guess u need someone who knows a bit more than me

Is that the workout you do everytime? How many days do you have to workout?

Ideally I would work out 5 times a week. 3 times upper body and two times lower body but usually I only get four workouts a week in. If I get 5 I consider it a major accomplishment.

So I do that workout 2 times a week sometimes three time. Two other days a week I do about 6 exercises for my lower body.

All workout starts with 20 minutes on a stepmill and finish with 10 of hiit.

Starting with 20 mins and ending with 10 minutes. Do you have about an hr or so or how much time do you usually get?

A little more then an hour.

4 days a week for more than an hour is plenty of time....

Lets see the "lower body" split then we can redesign this thing. I'm going to assume you're working out in a commercial gym based on your comment, "incline or decline bench which ever is open"

A lot of suggestions for the upper split but as I mentioned lets get it all first.

Oh and you're question about "drop sets"...it's fine to do them although I wouldn't do it all the time. Ive seen a lot of people doing their finishing exercise/set this way.

DM

I work out at the YMCA

My lower workout is a bit shorter but still almost an hour.

20 min stepmill

3 sets of 12 for each
squat
calve raises
exstensors
curls

10 min hiit.

You are doing great! Keep it up!