diff --git a/site/assets/css/style.css b/site/assets/css/style.css
index f4b2932..41e2d11 100644
--- a/site/assets/css/style.css
+++ b/site/assets/css/style.css
@@ -354,20 +354,23 @@ section[id] {
   color: var(--fitme-accent);
 }
 
-/* ── 3D "pushable" neon button ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
-   The element itself is the face. On hover it lifts straight up by --depth and
-   a ::before strip, hanging off the face's bottom edge, grows to fill the gap:
-   that strip is the extruded wall, lit in the brand colour with a neon glow
-   (darker at both ends like a rounded edge). Only transform / opacity animate
-   (compositor-only). Lift springs (overshoot curve), release is slow, press is
-   instant — same feel as a physical key. Colours come from --fitme-accent, so
-   each gym glows in its own colour. */
+/* ── 3D "pushable" neon button (seen at an angle) ──────────────────────────────
+   The element itself is the face. On hover it lifts toward the viewer — up by
+   --depth and left by --depth-x — and two pseudo-elements grow to fill the gap:
+   ::before is the bottom wall, ::after the right wall. Each is a parallelogram
+   (clip-path) joining the face's edge to where the face used to be, so the
+   solid reads as an extruded block viewed from the right. Walls are lit in the
+   brand colour with a neon glow; the right one is a shade darker (light comes
+   from the top-left). Only transform animates (compositor-only): lift springs
+   (overshoot curve), release is slow, press is instant. Colours come from
+   --fitme-accent, so each gym glows in its own colour. */
 :where(.site-btn, .gym-switch-btn) { position: relative; }
 
 .site-btn,
 .gym-switch-btn {
-  --depth: 5px;
-  --bw: 0px;                       /* the element's own border, so the wall starts below it */
+  --depth: 5px;                    /* lift (and bottom wall height) */
+  --depth-x: 4px;                  /* shift to the left (and right wall width) */
+  --bw: 0px;                       /* the element's own border, so the walls start outside it */
   --wall-hi: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fitme-accent) 70%, #fff);
   --wall: var(--fitme-accent);
   --wall-lo: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fitme-accent) 45%, #000);
@@ -376,30 +379,51 @@ section[id] {
 .site-btn.sb-ghost { --bw: 2px; }
 
 .site-btn::before,
-.gym-switch-btn::before {
+.site-btn::after,
+.gym-switch-btn::before,
+.gym-switch-btn::after {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;
-  left: 0;
-  right: 0;
-  top: calc(100% + var(--bw));
-  height: var(--depth);
-  border-radius: 0 0 var(--fitme-radius) var(--fitme-radius);
-  background: linear-gradient(to right, var(--wall-lo) 0%, var(--wall) 10%, var(--wall-hi) 50%, var(--wall) 90%, var(--wall-lo) 100%);
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 14px 1px rgba(var(--fitme-accent-rgb), .6);
-  transform: scaleY(0);
-  transform-origin: top;
   pointer-events: none;
+  transform-origin: top left;
+}
+
+/* bottom wall */
+.site-btn::before,
+.gym-switch-btn::before {
+  left: calc(var(--bw) * -1);
+  top: calc(100% + var(--bw));
+  width: calc(100% + var(--bw) * 2 + var(--depth-x));
+  height: var(--depth);
+  background: linear-gradient(to right, var(--wall-lo) 0%, var(--wall) 12%, var(--wall-hi) 50%, var(--wall) 88%, var(--wall-lo) 100%);
+  clip-path: polygon(0 0, calc(100% - var(--depth-x)) 0, 100% 100%, var(--depth-x) 100%);
+  transform: scaleY(0);
+}
+
+/* right wall */
+.site-btn::after,
+.gym-switch-btn::after {
+  left: calc(100% + var(--bw));
+  top: calc(var(--bw) * -1);
+  width: var(--depth-x);
+  height: calc(100% + var(--bw) * 2 + var(--depth));
+  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--wall) 0%, var(--wall-lo) 100%);
+  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% var(--depth), 100% 100%, 0 calc(100% - var(--depth)));
+  transform: scaleX(0);
 }
 
 @media (hover: hover) and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
   .site-btn,
   .gym-switch-btn {
     will-change: transform;
+    /* the face colour fades slowly so the change to near-black never "pops" */
     transition: transform 600ms cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1), box-shadow 600ms cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1),
-                background var(--fitme-transition), color var(--fitme-transition);
+                background-color 450ms ease, border-color 450ms ease, color 450ms ease;
   }
   .site-btn::before,
-  .gym-switch-btn::before {
+  .site-btn::after,
+  .gym-switch-btn::before,
+  .gym-switch-btn::after {
     transition: transform 600ms cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1);
   }
 
@@ -407,29 +431,29 @@ section[id] {
   .site-btn:focus-visible,
   .gym-switch-btn:hover,
   .gym-switch-btn:focus-visible {
-    transform: translateY(calc(var(--depth) * -1));
+    transform: translate(calc(var(--depth-x) * -1), calc(var(--depth) * -1));
     box-shadow: 0 0 18px 2px rgba(var(--fitme-accent-rgb), .35);
-    transition-duration: 250ms, 250ms, var(--fitme-transition), var(--fitme-transition);
-    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1.5);
+    transition-duration: 250ms, 250ms, 450ms, 450ms, 450ms;
+    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1.5), cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1.5), ease, ease, ease;
   }
   .site-btn:hover::before,
   .site-btn:focus-visible::before,
   .gym-switch-btn:hover::before,
-  .gym-switch-btn:focus-visible::before {
-    transform: scaleY(1);
-    transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1.5);
-  }
+  .gym-switch-btn:focus-visible::before { transform: scaleY(1); transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1.5); }
+  .site-btn:hover::after,
+  .site-btn:focus-visible::after,
+  .gym-switch-btn:hover::after,
+  .gym-switch-btn:focus-visible::after { transform: scaleX(1); transition: transform 250ms cubic-bezier(.3, .7, .4, 1.5); }
 
   .site-btn:active,
   .gym-switch-btn:active {
-    transform: translateY(-1px);
+    transform: translate(-1px, -1px);
     transition-duration: 34ms;
   }
   .site-btn:active::before,
-  .gym-switch-btn:active::before {
-    transform: scaleY(.2);
-    transition-duration: 34ms;
-  }
+  .gym-switch-btn:active::before { transform: scaleY(.2); transition-duration: 34ms; }
+  .site-btn:active::after,
+  .gym-switch-btn:active::after { transform: scaleX(.25); transition-duration: 34ms; }
 }
 
 /* Hover: white text on an almost-black face keeping ~10% of the brand colour —