My routine - looking for feedback

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Hi, I'm looking for some feedback and suggested modifications on my routine. I'm male, 5ft 6in and 160lbs (was 210lbs 2yrs ago) and looking to continue to lose weight and/or fat.

Flat bench press (either db or bb)
Pull-ups/Chin-ups (2 sets of each)
Squats*
DB Shoulder press
Bent-over rows

All exercises are 3x12 reps, except pull-ups which are 4x8 reps

I do this 3x's per week and include a day of rest between workouts, also every other workout I alternate between squats and deadlifts.

I know it's pretty basic, but but because of time I like to do full body workouts. On days I don't lift (3-4 days per week) I usually do 20-45 min of cardio (run, bike, or elliptical).

Basically I'm wondering:

(1) Should I add something for biceps and triceps, maybe alternating between curls of some sort and dips/tricep kick-backs (or something else).

(2) Are my sets/reps ok how they are or should I change them. For a while I had been doing 3x8 but with higher weights than I'm currently using and decided to change it up.

Any feedback is appreciated.
Let me know if there are any questions.
Thanks!
 
I would include some varations every 4 weeks or so, i think its a solid routine. You might want to throw in some good mornings.
 
i think your idea of throwing some dips in would be good, especially if you wanna hit the triceps a little more, that would make for a pretty intense workout
 
You may want some variation. Try www.exrx.net to find other ways of hitting the same muscles.

You may like to try to find 2-3 diffrent exercises to work the same muscle. each exercise will work the muscle diffrently and use diffrent fixators, so you'll get diffrent results with each one.

try some deadlifting and core work.
 
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