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2007/03/19, 04:02 PM
Ok So I am fresh out of a relationship which he told me what to do. (hence the ending of the relationship) Since he is not around anymore I am trying to learn it all on my own. So I?ve got questions and figured this would be the best place to get answers.
I?m trying to get a basic workout I can do and I was looking at this one website. I think it?s got a lot of info and it very helpful but I keep wondering about ?push and pull? They seem to refer to upper body as either push or pull a lot?.why is this? What does it mean?
Thanks in advanced and know there will be many more pointless questions like this from me!
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2007/03/19, 04:17 PM
ask pointless questions away!!!
push and pull refer to the forces used for lifts
example PUSH bench press, flyes, leg press PULL lat pulldown, bent over row, cable row
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2007/03/19, 08:22 PM
A good way to look at push/pull is actually a way to work antagonist muscle groups. This is ideal when you work more than one muscle group in a workout. For instance, if you do all pushing exercises, for instance bench press and then shoulder presses, by the time you get to shoulder presses you are already fatigued with a pushing exercise and will not have near the strength to properly overload them. It is easy to overtrain a muscle group that way also. Another example would be back and biceps. Biceps are heavily involved in back work anyway, and so it is very easy to overtrain them.
But if you do say a push/pull which is termed antagonist muscle groups, you will find for instance doing back and shoulders together, back being pulling movements, and shoulders being pushing movements, one will not affect the strength in the other exercise to any degree, and avoid overworking also.
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