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Bodyweight progression

Deficit Push-Up

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

Muscle contribution per set

Chest1
Triceps.40
Front Delts.30
Core.20

These are the weights Heatwayve'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

Horizontal press with an added stretch position; the deficit lengthens the eccentric, and Schoenfeld 2015 supports controlled lowering for hypertrophy at bodyweight loads.

Hands on blocks so the chest passes below them; pause in the stretch, don't bounce.

Derived from tempo research on this movement class.

How Heatwayve progresses it

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

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