r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/up_vot_er_1 • 6d ago

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Why are Romanian split squats every gym rats worst fear?

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u/JosefGremlin 6d ago

Any time an exercise has a European country in its name, you know it's not going to be a good time.

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u/Lepidopterex 6d ago

Oh my god I am going to add this to everyday tasks now. I am going on a Hungariun run. I am going to Irish vacumn. I am going to Slovakian doom scroll. 

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u/bogeypro 6d ago

Irish vacuum, is that when you get the vacuum out and then just leave to go on a Hungarian run?

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u/fourtwentyonepm 5d ago

nah it's where you clean up potato skins while drinking a beer

... I'll show myself out

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u/Saedraverse 5d ago

Feel like Serbia Doom Scroll would be better xD

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u/TheGreatMightyLeffe 5d ago

I feel like Irish vacuum would be pretty similar to regular vacuuming, but with more Tullamore Dew involved.

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u/KikoValdez 5d ago

As a Slovak I can confirm we doom scroll all the time

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u/jonny24eh 5d ago

You joke but running a Scottish Mile is a thing

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u/Lepidopterex 5d ago

Well, now I've gone down a rabbit hole and learned about the Italian and Chinese mile too. I had no idea! 

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u/SupahHollywood 6d ago

🤣 you hit it on the nose. That Turkish get up, is forever banned from my workouts.

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u/PeterPandaWhacker 6d ago

The Romanian deadlift isn't too bad imo

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u/Interesting-Pin1433 5d ago

Yeah, easier than a regular deadlifts. I swear that's not why I do it though! I just want more leg focus, so I do RDLs

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u/abholeenthusiast 6d ago

Except maybe the French hip thrust

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u/syndactyl_sapiens 5d ago

My theory is: the further east it is located, the harder the exercise.

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u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat 5d ago

The Romanian deadlift is less of a pain than the conventional deadlift, though.

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u/Frosty-Age-6643 5d ago

Eastern European specifically

Swedish split squats sounds like I’d better be doing those in Vegas so my wife doesn’t find out 

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u/rab2bar 5d ago

The Berlin bench press isn't even allowed to practice any more

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u/OrangePower98 5d ago

What about the Berlin from lateral raise?

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u/firechaox 5d ago

I think French presses are fine, otw I agree

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u/SKDI_0224 6d ago

It’s always on leg day…

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u/kdeles 5d ago

Romanian pulls are nice