It takes you 3 hours to do that?
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Thanks for asking!
Well, to begin with I believe 27 or 30 sets is too much volume. You just canāt take your sets near failure with this approach. Also, you create a lot of stress (=cortisol) which may impair your development. The reason you are (still) making progress is you seem to be in the early stages of lifting weights (no offence) - meaning you will progress whatever you do. But in my opinion you are overdoing it. You need to properly balance frequency, volume and intensity (in my book the golden rule of lifting weights successfully).
Personally, I do a powerlifting 5x5 day a week on three excercises (15 sets) and I am completely wasted after that. Why? I absolutely focus on good form/reps and stay well over 80% of RPE on every set. I wouldnāt be able to do another 12 to 15 sets after that. But, maybe itās just me?
What would happen if you cut the 5x5 to 3x5 AND only did 2 sets (instead of 3) on the other excercises? This means you can invest more intensity on fewer sets, and keep the workouts shorter. I would also take 3 min rest between the heavier 3x5 sets BUT only 1 min on the accessory excercises (2Ć8-12).
Stay focused on (try to) adding strict reps OR increasing weights - every workout (in true double progression manner)! It will pay off long term. Also, donāt be scared of only doing 2 training days a week - I have done so for the past three years with significant progress.
There are obviously as many ideas on this that there are trainees. You should also bear in mind I am a low volume, mid frequency, high intensity guy (meaning I belong to a minority here).
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Iām mostly with @pettersson in that looks like a lot at first glance (and Iām on the higher volume side). That said, planks and calves donāt count, so weāre down to ~21 sets on the A day.
I would be more likely to reduce exercises than sets. I just find itās more draining to do more variation - you have to switch focus, warmup, etc. If you want to stick with full-body, you get a lower, a push, a pull, then your fluff.
Your A day, for example, becomes:
- DL
- Pull-up
- OHP
- A circuit where you can do your curls, triceps, planks, whatever. Do the most you can in 10 minutes or whatever is fun, but you canāt take it too seriously or take more than about 10 minutes. Keep the focus on the bigger lifts up front; if you ācareā about this part, youāll start sandbagging early to save energy.
Writing it out, I basically didnāt change anything or reduce any volume! So you were already doing what I intended to suggest. Now that Iāve written it out, though, Iām leaving it up! I could definitely also side with @pettersson that cutting the big lifts to fewer sets may help you get more out of those sets. Some of that is just personal experimentation, and weāre likely best served to go back and forth between two extremes in phases.
Setting up your main lifts as one from each category also lets you do those as a circuit, if you so choose. I have mixed feelings on that when youāre newer to lifting, though; I donāt think itās a great idea if your form isnāt automatic and you donāt really know what your fresh capabilities/ limits are.
Echoing @T3hPwnisher: is the above really taking you 3 hours?
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When you stall on A-B-A full body you might consider changing up your split altogether for a period of time using Upper-Lower or Push-Pull-Legs as a way to change things up in terms of frequency-intensity-volume rather than a conventional ā-10% resetā or āDeloadā on these types of Full Body splits.
It would take 3 hours if you did ABA all in the same workout 
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with cardio and solarium and sauna xD
Would you ageee this statement is no longer accurate?
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I agree with warmup and cardio its go up to 1.5h
I gonna start this way when my strenght wont go up anymore
Awesome.
The more honest you are in asking for help, the better help you get. I learned that from House MD
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ok actually i got question about my psyhique
is there any posibilty to fix my chest ? i mean its seems kinda fluffly, small compared to other muscles and it seems have some fat under armpits.
Should i add some more chests exercises ?
i mean i got kinda bigger compared to 2 months ago but the chest well meh
There are plenty of people bigger and stronger than me on this forum, but probably not as many overthink to the degree I used to, and thatās exactly what you are doing now.
My chest started looking bigger when my bench press went up, my dips got stronger, and my calorie increase went up. Fwiw, you are in āproportionā.
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ok so last question what u think about my weight income it is to slow so fast or eacley good ? i trying the lean bulk and i eat clean as fuck 
should i add more calories cut some ?
I think youāll have to accept consistency over long periods of time is your best (and really only) card to play.
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Jesus Christ dude. Just fucking lift weights and eat. Youāve already been told that daily/weekly check-ins arenāt going to be productive. What is it that compels you to keep doing this? We donāt need to see ANY more pictures of you right now. Wait 6 months, and THEN post an update. Youāre unbelievably impatient.
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All me bro, but i will do my shit no matter whatā¦ im not motivated im determinated
Re chest: When your squat goes up - the rest of your body will follow (to a certain extent). There simply is something greater involved in heavy squats. This is what is referred to as āthe indirect effectā. Donāt get too fixated on the barbell bench press, as it is a truly fucked up excercise in terms of ergonomy - and take time to learn properly.
That said, do your 5x5 (or 3x5) with an explosive intent - and make sure to learn to perfect your technique in squat, bench and deadlift. Ask someone at the gym who is dealing with heavy weights to help you out (or consult a PT or similar). My weights went up when I learned the proper technique. Canāt be underlined enough.
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was talking with personal trainer today and asked him to check my technique he says my squatting is close to perfect slowly down and dynamic up with stabile body i will just keep progressing
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