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Bodyweight progression

Side-Lying Adduction

Trains core first, with real work landing on glutes.

Muscle contribution per set

Core1
Glutes.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

3down
0pause
2up
0squeeze

Side-lying adductor work with tempo; slow eccentric maximises adductor stretch and contraction.

Bottom leg works; top leg can be bent for support or straight for added challenge.

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

How Forge progresses it

Progresses by reps, not weight — you earn harder sets, longer holds, or extra reps rather than plates.

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