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Isolation

Resistance Band Face Pull

Trains rear delts first, with real work landing on upper back, traps, biceps and more.

Muscle contribution per set

Rear Delts1
Upper Back.20
Traps.15
Biceps.15
Side Delts.15

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

2down
1pause
2up
1squeeze

Band face pull with pauses; reinforces scapular health and rear delt work with accommodating resistance.

Lead with elbows; external rotation at face.

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

How Forge progresses it

Progresses by load in +0.5kg steps. Isolation work is where the honest-volume ledger pays off — compounds alone don't cover it.

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