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Upper-body push

DB Floor Press

Trains chest first, with real work landing on triceps, front delts.

Muscle contribution per set

Chest1
Triceps.45
Front Delts.25

These are the weights Forge's volume audit actually computes with — deliberately conservative, so compounds don't masquerade as full coverage. A 0.5 means a set counts as half a set for that muscle: meaningful help, not a replacement for direct work.

Tempo

3down
1pause
1up
0squeeze

Limited ROM + pause reduces shoulder stress while maintaining tricep/chest work; tempo keeps it honest.

Elbows at 45°; pause with triceps on floor.

Derived from tempo research on this movement class — Schoenfeld BJ, Ogborn DI, Krieger JW.

How Forge progresses it

Progresses by load: +1.25kg increments — upper-body pressing moves in smaller steps than squats and hinges because the muscles driving it are smaller.

Swap it for

Same movement pattern, same progression continuity — these are the alternatives the app offers mid-session when a rack is taken or equipment isn't there.

Train with intention. Open Forge — it prescribes the weight, watches the reps, and does this arithmetic for every set you log.