[jyl]

The trainer I've started going to does not use that phrase, but I was reminded of it, by his methods. He tells me that I won't be doing any situps, curls, pushups, etc. He doesn't use exercises that isolate a specific muscle group. Instead, he has me doing things that are whole-body. For example, plank on rings instead of crunches. I don't know much at all about this stuff, so I may well be mis-reporting or mis-understanding this, and of course I'm a novice and the exercises he's using for me are appropriate for a novice.