Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

Do you want a flexible, balanced, easy-to-remember workout that doesn't require spending all day at the gym?

Well, then push-pull strength training might just be for you. As much as I enjoy my exercise time,

well, I don't want to burn all of my daylight hours at the gym, and I bet you're the same. So,

when I am interested in building some muscle, I prefer to perform what is called a push-pole

strength training workout. This gives me and my many clients

muscular and strength results in a lot less time. Now in a nutshell, a push-pull workout is one where

you choose a single muscle or muscle group and you perform a set of exercises that uses those muscles

in a pushing direction. Then, and you probably guessed where I'm

going with this, either immediately or during your next workout session, you focus on that same muscle

or muscle group, but you move it in a pulling direction. Sound complicated? Well, it is not. So keep

listening and you'll understand. I'll start with some of the reasons

why I love push-pull training. In the classic muscle building technique, you typically exercise a

single muscle group each day. For example, you dedicate one day to your back, followed by leg,

chest, arm, shoulder, and cord days. It is effective, but it can also be tedious and

it requires a lot more time at the gym. Now another reason why I like the pushbowl training

over the classic technique is that when I categorize my chosen exercises between whether they engage

pushing or pulling muscles, it really does make building a full workout

program easy. I also don't have to just sit there on a weight bench, staring at a clock

on the wall, while I give my different muscle groups their prescribed amount of rest between sets.

Instead, I'll tire out the push muscles and then I'll let them rest while I'm engaging

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