As we lift we often (at least some) tend to add funny exercises and lifts. You name it: DB extensions, Tate presses, cable whatever, to work on our "weaknesses". Human body does not work like that. It is a unit which responds to basic lifts with the best stregth and muscle growth.
We have a guy in our gym who is a former weightlifter. He is in his early fifties today, he's stocky 110k (240) and pretty lean.
He does not know anything about internet forums and stuff, all he remembers is what his old coach (in Poland) used to teach him.
Since he does not compete anymore and just trains to stay fit, he included some non-weightlifting lifts just for fun.
What amazes me is how he sticks to basics all the time, several times a week. He sees all other guys doing French presse, concentration curls, leg curls, yet he never tries that. He does not care. He does not give a shit. He is still one of the strongest dudes in the gym and is pretty lean 110k.
He usually does something like this three times a week:
Oly squat 6 sets of 6 with a certain weight (usually 180-200k)
bench press 8 sets of 5 with a certain weight (usually 140-160k)
seated press 5 sets of 8 with a certain weight (usually 80-120k)
snatch grip deadlift 6 sets of 4 with a certain weight (usually 180-220k)
sometimes he does 2 heavy sets of abs but most of the time he does not. Believe it or not, this all takes him around 90 mins because he "does not like to train too heavy" he says so he goes pretty fast between sets.
sometimes he goes lighter, sometimes he skips the bench (never the squat). if he feels beat-up, he adds 1-2 days off.
He tried a floor press once, said "Hm, interesting" and went back to his old training.
That's all that's needed. Really.
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