Why are S&C Coaches so in love with this Movement?

[Thin Lizzy]

You can’t use much weight. It’s not particularly sport specific. It’s awkward. Yet coaches don’t shut up about it like it’s impossible to succeed in any sport without it.

[Grape Ape]

If you have limited equipment is a pretty effective exercise.

Training legs unilaterally also helps with imbalances.

[Andy Griffin]

A Mormon addicted to bubble baths is a Lather Day Saint.

[wes]

Just do fucking unilateral lunges with dumbells and stretch quads after training and use the bench for chest

[wes]

A Mormon addicted to bubble baths is a Lather Day Saint.

What do you call a cow with no legs?














GROUND BEEF 

[Andy Griffin]

What do you call a cow with no legs?














GROUND BEEF 

Dad Jokes have taken over another thread. 

[wes]

LOL   

[Bevo]

It’s like that exercise on the lat hammer strength pull down, every idiot I see I always doing that sitting side ways one arm at a time

And the barbell hip thrusts

It’s like those are all fad exercises that everyone starts to do because it’s cool

[Hulkotron]

If the goal is strength/muscle-building I think just regular walking lunges are better.

Generally I don't like exercises that purport to train multiple "fitness modalities" (no homo) at once.  If you want to get stronger do a strength exercise.  If you want to improve balance then do a balance exercise.  If you want to do both of these things then do both of these exercises but don't try to do one exercise that does both things.

[Thin Lizzy]

Just do fucking unilateral lunges with dumbells and stretch quads after training and use the bench for chest

At least with standard lunges you  can get some hip extension using the back leg. The variation in the picture takes the back leg out of the game. It’s a Vince Basile move minus the machine.

[wes]

At least with standard lunges you  can get some hip extension using the back leg. The variation in the picture takes the back leg out of the game. It’s a Vince Basile move minus the machine.

[wes]

If the goal is strength/muscle-building I think just regular walking lunges are better.

Generally I don't like exercises that purport to train multiple "fitness modalities" (no homo) at once.  If you want to get stronger do a strength exercise.  If you want to improve balance then do a balance exercise.  If you want to do both of these things then do both of these exercises but don't try to do one exercise that does both things.

Walking lunges = awesome exercise.

[Thin Lizzy]

If the goal is strength/muscle-building I think just regular walking lunges are better.

Generally I don't like exercises that purport to train multiple "fitness modalities" (no homo) at once.  If you want to get stronger do a strength exercise.  If you want to improve balance then do a balance exercise.  If you want to do both of these things then do both of these exercises but don't try to do one exercise that does both things.

[Body-Buildah]

A craze, just like hip-thrusts, face-pulls, etc.

Every turd in a gym w/ zero muscle are doing these movements...

[Thin Lizzy]

There’s a very small audience for a Vince Basile joke but those who do get it usually have a good laugh.😂

[BlackMetallic]

What do you call a cow with no legs?














GROUND BEEF 

Q: What do you call a dog with no rear legs and steel balls?

A: Sparky

[J. Richards]

my latest annoying as fuck thing is the slam ball or medicine ball bounce shit....  then strut around like you just killed a bear with your hands...  damn...

[Thin Lizzy]

my latest annoying as fuck thing is the slam ball or medicine ball bounce shit....  then strut around like you just killed a bear with your hands...  damn...

😂😂😂

Brought back memories of this classic:

[Royalty]

A craze, just like hip-thrusts, face-pulls, etc.

Every turd in a gym w/ zero muscle are doing these movements...

Face Pulls are my prime mass building movement for Pects

[Hypertrophy]

All these weird leg exercises kill my knees. Leg presses/Romanian Deadlifts/High Rep Standing Calf Raises. What more do you need to do?

[wes]

There’s a very small audience for a Vince Basile joke but those who do get it usually have a good laugh.😂

I hear ya` !! 

[wes]

Q: What do you call a dog with no rear legs and steel balls?

A: Sparky

Good one !! 

[Bevo]

Only exercise you should all be doing and Robc and tbombz would agree is the bath mate penis pumping

[Taffin]

Generally I don't like exercises that purport to train multiple "fitness modalities" (no homo) at once.  If you want to get stronger do a strength exercise.  If you want to improve balance then do a balance exercise.  If you want to do both of these things then do both of these exercises but don't try to do one exercise that does both things.

Sensible weight-training post reported

A craze, just like hip-thrusts, face-pulls, etc.

Every turd in a gym w/ zero muscle are doing these movements...

Hip-pulls and face-thrusts..?




Oh, and what do you call a dog that can do magic tricks?

A Labracadabrador

[BB]

Everything old is new again after a few decades in the strength world. They'll fall out of love with it again in a few months, and search the books for another old decent exercise to promote.

These go back to a guy named Angel Spassov. Spassov was a Bulgarian strength coach that came over in 80's, and got in with Joe Weider for a while. His big thing was the combination of split squats and heavy step ups. To help popularize his program, he and Terry Todd wrote some stories on Bulgarian and Russian training where Spassov insinuated that they were moving away from squats to more single leg training. He never outright said they were dropping back squats, front squats, etc...., but he gave you enough to get you thinking in that direction.

Fast fwd a few years, and more Eastern Bloc coaches and lifters are coming over and being asked about this, and the answers ranged from "Nope, we don't know what this is" to "Yeah, we do stuff like that when we're burnt out or as a secondary exercise."

The Bulgarian thing fizzled out back then, and Spassov went on to be a pretty wanted coach in the States -

http://www.overspeedtraining.com/spassov.html .


For what it's worth, the original Spassov Bulgarian Squat only had your back leg a little off the floor like in the below picture -

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