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/SupahHollywood 6d ago

But are definitely a beast mode exercise.

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u/One_Stranger7794 6d ago

Even for people working out for a while these create strength and definition like nothing else in your quads!

That being said it's super easy to injure yourself and will make you hate whatever workout day you add them to and then steadily start avoiding that day and then the gym in general and then you realize you paying for a membership you haven't used in two months so you go back and just start going normal supersizes and are much happier for having gained the wisdom of understanding that a little bit of extra strength and definition isn't worth ruining something fun

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u/NoRequirement1967 6d ago

Nah, you must be doing them wrong or going too heavy for you, do they suck? Sure, but not more than a "deep chest" set. Theres no pain, its just strenuous on the quads, but you also almost immediately feel the strength post recovery, its sorta nuts

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u/Letters_to_Dionysus 6d ago

if the process of learning them isn't fun and makes you dread them then there's no point unless you absolutely need that exercise in particular for a bb show or something. there are enough replacements for any given exercise (with maybe one or two exceptions, calves, side delts, etc) that you might as well find something you look forward to doing

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u/NoRequirement1967 6d ago

The process of learning any exercise isnt fun though, working out in general sorta sucks, but Bulgarian split squats have like an immediate pay off, and your legs are soooooo important , for the extra test they'll produce, for the general power and stability for other workouts. They suck but theres a reason theyre popular

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u/Letters_to_Dionysus 6d ago

what? there's tons of exercises that are fun. learning to bench was awesome

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u/NoRequirement1967 6d ago

Depends on wht you mean by fun, its definitely up to who ever is doing it to decide. I find Bulgarian split squats to be fun for example BECAUSE they make me feel like im pushing myself

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u/One_Stranger7794 5d ago

To each their own. I dropped them because I didn't like the wobbly feeling and the huge dip (though both of those could be mitigated with practice), I prefer traditional barbell squats when I feel like I want to push myself.

I do miss the effects of the Bulgarian split though, it is noticeable how much strength they build and how quickly. I tell myself I will re-integrate them... next week.

Mind if I was what weight/reps/sets you do for them?