Muscle Groups: How would you split these into 2-3 sessions?

The machines I currently use when I go to the gym are as follows:

I wouldn’t use machines if I could help it. Doing compound exercises will be much more beneficial to your overall strength and will carry over better to athletic activities, and they will be much more efficient than going from machine to machine. So:
- get rid of the leg press, leg extension, leg curls and replace them with squats, deadlifts and cleans.
- get rid of the pec machine, chest press and tricep curls and replace them with bench press and dips (weighted, if you can)
- get rid of the shoulder press machine and do standing military press
- forget the lat pulldowns and rudern rowing and do chin ups/pull ups
- forget the abs crunch machine and do planks, situs and “knees-to-elbows”

As for a schedule, I would follow something like the Starting Strength protocol, such as:

Monday
3×5 Squat
3×5 Bench press / Standing Shoulder Press (Alternating)
Chin-ups: 3 sets to failure or add weight if completing more than 15 reps

Wednesday
3×5 Squat
3×5 Press / Standing Shoulder Bench Press (Alternating)
1×5 Deadlift / Powerclean 5×3 (alternating)

Friday
3×5 Squat
3×5 Bench Press / Standing Shoulder Press (Alternating)
Pull-ups: 3 sets to failure or add weight if completing more than 15 reps

If you don’t know how to do these exercises, you can check out exrx.net and Youtube for some good videos.

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