The PUSH \/ PULL workout program is a way of organizing your workouts so that you do pushing or pressing exercises during one workout, and pulling or rowing movements in the next workout.<\/p>\n
This is a great workout routine because it allows you to work your muscle groups based on similar movement patterns. One of the flaws with a lot of workout programs is that they train one major muscle group per day, and this often leads to overlapping similar movement patterns over the course of multiple workouts.<\/p>\n
For example, if you train chest one day, shoulders the next, and triceps the following day you are literally working your “pressing” muscles 3 days in a row. This movement pattern overlap may cause repetitive use injuries. This is part of the reason why nagging injuries like rotator cuff<\/a> problems and elbow tendonitis<\/a> is so common among serious lifters.<\/p>\n Push-Pull workouts help to prevent these problems by grouping all the muscles involved in pushing (chest, triceps, quads, front and side delts)<\/em> and all the muscles involved in pulling (back, biceps, rear delts, traps, forearms, hamstrings)<\/em> together in their own workouts.<\/p>\n By separating your body parts by function, you’re able to give each muscle group adequate recovery between workouts and also hit the gym more often because the muscles you’re training each time are not beat up from your previous days workout.<\/p>\n In Part 1 – The PUSH Workout we’re going to do:<\/strong>
\n– Squats 4 sets of 8-10 reps
\n– Bench Press 4 sets of 8-10 reps
\n– Overhead Press 4 sets of 8-10 reps
\n– Tricep Push Downs 4 sets of 8-10 reps
\n– Standing Calf Raise 4 sets of 10-15 reps
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\nWatch the Push Workout Video Below…<\/strong>
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