Can you explain the pull-push weight training technique?

abyssfully

I remember learning about this in kinesiology in university a couple of years ago but can't quite remember why you're supposed to do it and how to do it properly. Can anyone explain? TY : )

thkelly

someone else can explain the WHY better, but basically it's doing all pushing type exercises one workout (chest, triceps, quads, shoulders) and pulling exercises on a different day (back, biceps, hamstrings)

that's over simplifing it i know

Homer3D

Here you go.

http://www.weighttrainingadvice.com/pushpull.html

Basically, it is breaking up your weight training into sections of muscle that either pull or push weights. For example, one day you focus on weight training exercises that pushes weights away from you. Then on day 2, you focus on weight training exercises that pull weights to you. Day 3 you go back to push exercises. This way you are giving your muscles a change to "rest" because the muscles you used on the "push" day you won't be using on the "pull" day.

Simple example would be a pull up and a push up. As the name of the workout implies, one pulls weight into you with the other pushes away.

Make sense?

Choltor

From what I recall, it is based on trying to avoid working the same muscles in the same way two days in a row. By only working on "push" exercises on one day, then "pull" exercises the next, you have a better chance of giving muscle groups time to recover, without having to think about it too much.

(but then it has been years since I've exercised properly, so I could be remembering it wrong)

abyssfully

Thanks guys! Makes sense