Pulling Is "easier" Than Pushing?

[Coach Sommer]

Please study my other post thorougly.  I have already explained the differences in detail.

 

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[Eric HARDOUIN]

Well, there's no push OR pull answer here (why should there be ?), but you can still find a pull component from the bottom position if you look at the humerus, wich is going from 90° to let's say 15°.  Exact same thing for the last 2/3 in pulling motion with bent arms. And without strong lats (very briefly said...) there's no way you can do that. See ?

 

Edit : oops, coach answered right away

[Jordi Van Gelder]

I already seen that post. Well maybe i'm just retarded but i still see it as a push move. 

[Joshua Slocum]

Push and pull are categorizations that were created as heuristics for workout splits; push and pull movements tend to focus on different muscle groups. There is no rigorous definition for either. In gymnastics these heuristics tend to break down, because there are many exercises which involve pulling/pushing that use muscles commonly associated with the other category (e.g. manna, back lever), and many static poses simply don't fit cleanly into one category or the other (e.g. maltese, iron cross). 

 

Instead of asking "is this exercise a push or a pull?" it's worth taking a step back and considering what it is that you're trying to figure out. Are you asking out of academic curiosity which category something like a victorian belongs to? Then the answer is "push/pull is not sophisticated enough to cleanly categorize this movement one way or the other: there is no objective truth to the matter". Are you asking because you're trying to design a balanced workout? Then take a look at the muscles recruited in the exercise. 

[George Launchbury]

I already seen that post. Well maybe i'm just retarded but i still see it as a push move. 

 

...then I guess, for you at least, it's a push move