Push-pull workouts surge in popularity
- Fitness communities are favoring push-pull split routines as a way to get bigger strength gains while avoiding burnout and overtraining for many exercisers. - Trainers point to weightlifting-as-cardio benefits—higher heart rate and calorie burn—and recommend resistance work three times weekly with 0.7–1g protein per pound target bodyweight. - The trend has traction with older exercisers reporting gains, though experts warn against risky fads; recent fitness threads summarized it. (x.com)