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At what point do face pulls become a calf exercise because I’m pulling heavy weight but digging in the ground to hold on

Anonymous 15w

This is understandable. Inevitably if you put enough weight you will begin to hinge forward as the force is being applied to the top of your body acting like a lever. I would suggest not to do this however as at that point it is harder to focus on your rear delts for the movement as your mid back and legs are used more just to keep yourself upright. In this case doing less is more so lower the weight a little bit and really try to focus on just hammering the rear delts

Anonymous

#1 15w

Okay yea cus I was planning on finding a different exercise for rear delts but I’ll lower the weights next time and really focus on the movement. Thanks🫶🏼

Anonymous 15w

I do about a half stack on cable rn so at some point holding myself upright will denominate rather than the actual movement. I normally do 3 sets of 10 rn but I’m not trying to a bunch of reps just cus I can’t go up in weight you know

Anonymous

OP 15w

Yeah I mean ofc you want to do enough weight so you have mechanical tension. In my experience it’s about finding a weight that’s in between so I can go intense (around 12-18 rep range) while having good form. I like doing rows sometimes for rear delts if I can’t hit them with the face pulls though.

Anonymous 15w

Eh that’s fine what works for some people doesn’t work for everybody. I’ve seen pretty good progress on my rear delts so I’ll keep doing it I’m not the most knowledgeable when it comes to what works and why it does so I won’t argue it