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Weighted Dips

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

Muscle contribution per set

Chest1
Triceps.40
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
0pause
2up
0squeeze

Weighted chest dip with a forward lean; controlled eccentric under added load builds pressing strength as a bench alternative.

Lean the torso forward for chest emphasis; add load via belt/vest, depth to shoulder comfort.

Derived from tempo research on this movement class — Wilk M, Zając A, Tufano JJ.

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.