As a 6’6” guy I’m so thankful for guys like Adam who understand some of the intricacies of long ranges of motion. I have been doing my split squats way to high on my back leg. Thanks for the demo.
Hi Lucas, I´m 6´3" and I have the same problem. My 18 inch bench is too high I think, but I´m not sure! Can I ask please how high your box height/bench height is? thank you very much for your valuable time and help!
@@helmutkrusemann9194 Hi, I am late to this, I am 5'10 and I use 12" box with the best results. You can experiment with this, maybe use a 12" box and put 1-2" on top depending on your flexibility/mobility/leg length
YES! 6'6" club here as well.. longer levers, more TUT & just overall slightly different mechanics for us. I just came across this channel & have subscribed
Thanks for helping me solve this challenge! Bulgarian Split Squats have always felt lousy in my low back. At 5'2" with short legs even for my height, I was trying to use the bench. Per watching you, I've set up a stack of yoga blocks at 10" and surprise, surprise, no low back pain! These feel great. BW for now; excited to work up to weights with this at last. Hey, even old dogs (61) can learn.
Can’t believe how much this video helped improve my form-almost wrote off this exercise completely before finding this...cannot thank you enough for your breakdown of such a great exercise for those of us struggling to build lower body musculature 🙌
BEST TUTORIAL on the Bulgarian Split Squat ever!!! Thank you so much. Every cue made me shake my head "yes" as it was exactly hitting on my issues with the Bulgarian Split Squat. So excited to try doing this with much better form.
Great content - this is the best Bulgarian split squat form video i've seen on youtube! Unrated channel, excited to watch this channel continue to grow!
This was really helpful, from other videos I was always under the impression that the back leg had to be quite high for these squats and found it really uncomfortable.
I won’t ever have to Google up the proper form for Bulgarian split squat ever again while at the gym. I have found it! I appreciate this knowledgeable video so much.
I´ve been doing this at home for more than a year every 4, 5 days or so with my 10kg weighted vest. I donºt need more weight...even now after more than a year I hit them well with only body weight + 10kg. 6:49 Very good point with the knee. Thank you !
This was very helpful! This exercise is part of my running strength workout. The bench I was using was much too high and I had no idea. Also, the tip at the end about not letting the knee go inward is something I need keep in mind.
BEST VIDEO ON BULGARIAN SPLIT SQUAT!! I've been struggling with them for ages and watched loads of videos on how to correct them, and for the first time, I finally found one that's helped me! great video! Definitely subscribing to perfect my form with other exercises
I love this video so much and share it often. Thank you for taking the time to carefully explain the movement. My back leg was way, way too high before and I felt really unsupported. Scared even with some weights.
Man! This was so incredibly useful. I kept feeling a pain on my opposite hip and couldn't figure out why... you've really helped me out here! Subscribed and recommended to friends. Keep it up
The first tip is a game changer, I have tight quads and how I was doing them before always made me want to faint from the pain of the stretch, couldn’t even think about my ass
Megan Henry mmnnnah, I do both, it’s really doesn’t help that much, thanks though! I like this variation because it’s still taking the back leg out of action, so you’re loading the working leg only. There’s no need to have a more elevated leg if you think about it, I just kinda blindly followed what I saw everywhere else.
I had really struggled with this exercise, especially the setup. Sometimes my knees hurt. Your video was a game changer! Thanks for posting this! Setting up from the bottom makes it so much easier. No more knee pain. God bless you sir.
split squats are the best IMO. they hit everything so well and also build up and strengthen each leg individually making both legs stronger for exercises like squats and deadlifts.
Seeing Mindpump for a year now . Amazing content, alot of valued free information. High regard for you and the team. Just gouth an ebook of SAL from audible as well. you and the mindpump team has done a great work so far. Please keep doing the job in making the world a better place. I have been very vocal about your youtube, spotify, audible contents where you share your podcasts all the time. Sincerely appreciate your efforts and time you spend in making a high grade episode on internet for all of us . Cheers, Kamran
I love your channel so much never stop you deserve more views especially with how knowledgeable you are vs people that say “workouts to look like me!” And then just have the names of the workouts…and no how-to.
Have always hated doing BSS's as tended to feel a lot of tension in my trailing leg, so when it came to switch that leg was already knackered! Having watched this video, it's so obvious that having the trailing leg too high is the worst thing you can do e.g. putting it on a bench. Have changed my form and it's a HUGE difference! Thanks for the advice.
finally an intelligent approach to a total body exercise. benefits more than just the glutes. positioning can also include hip flexor stretch prior to or after the movement
Never ever thought about starting the exercise on the ground, I am new to this exercise and I spend at least 5 minutes hopping my front and back legs around trying to find the right position for my feet.
Thanks for the video! I always see videos that talk about exercises, but then don't give tips on how to maintain good form. I appreciate that you talk about how to do it correctly
I avoided Bulgarian split squats because I could never keep my balance, and it always felt uncomfortable. Thank you Mind Pump I'm so glad you guys are around.
THANK YOU!!! I didn't even realize some of the mistakes I was making (i.e. too high of a bench) and have hated doing this exercise for so long! I've been trying to incorporate glute building exercises in my routine, so I'm excited to try adding these again! :)
This is so amazingly helpful. I have been trying to rehab my IT band injury and I wanted to see that I was doing this correctly to better my form. MAN. I was screwing it up in a couple MAJOR ways, namely the height of the bench and starting with my foot ON the bench, ...and more. HUGE difference. Also the position of the feet with regard to the muscles being targeted. You made so many great points here. BRILLIANT. Thanks so much for sharing this!!!!!
Yeah I have avoided this exercise like the plague because I could not get my back foot comfortable for the life of me. It also bothered my front knee. I’m going to try out all these cues tomorrow at the gym. Thank you!!
This was the best description and explanation of how to do this exercise correctly ! You explained very well where I could understand and even see when I’ve done this before even had clients perform, I did it wrong 🤦🏼♀️ and now I see why I haven’t attempted this nor had clients try this either for a while! Thank you for this great content!!
I think I do this wrong sometimes. I’m glad that you did this on this type machine. I always feel it in my hips and sometimes collapse my knees. Very helpful! I ll be doing this tonight!!!
This guy is amazing! love how knowledgeable he is in fitness and he actually explains and shows you the proper position for the move Subbing for sure 👍🏻
Thank you!!! I have been trying to deal with the knee pain from these for so long ! I’ve heard turn the foot out a little . But you’re the first to say push the knee out . Makes sense. But, I just never mentally went there, duh.
This was so helpful! I am quad dominant and I've been doing this exercise off a bench and ALWAYS feel it in my quads. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
This’s so righttttt. I followed to most ppl in IG doing, and after watching this video, I know I definitely go to wrong positions cuz all my legs hurt and my lower pack gets painful horribly. I can’t hold my balance while doing this exercise, now I know exactly what I’m gonna do and how to do it correctly without painful and go directly into that glutes meat. Thanks for your helpful videos
Excellent video, all useful, no fluff. I'd been feeling all the errors but now a great connection. Even doing it off the ground works now if no step convenient. Thanks
This is useful. I've been doing glutes so long I'm glute dominate. I don't even feel squats or lunges or anything in my quads, all my glutes. I'll do the quad foot position and see how that works.
Another thing worth pointing out is to keep the lower front leg relatively still during the movement. Surprisingly I find pushing with the back heel against the narrow side of a bench engages the hamstrings too. Can be performed with a park bench as well
Wow I didn't realise how bad my form was until I watched this video. Was struggling to feel it in my glutes. Followed your form tips and my glutes are on fire now.
If books had biceps, Muscles: Every Man’s Dream would be the heavyweight champion. It changed my life in ways I never imagined!
I’ve been doing all of these mistakes and that is most likely why I hated doing this during my workouts. Thanks for the great content.
No... This exercise is hell even doing it right xD you'll hate it anyway
Facts 😆 me too . Hopefully i hate it less now
@@Croissantrophy.meme.channel I was about to say the same thing lol
I’m never in a comfortable position doing these 😩
Me tooooooooo!!!
As a 6’6” guy I’m so thankful for guys like Adam who understand some of the intricacies of long ranges of motion. I have been doing my split squats way to high on my back leg. Thanks for the demo.
Hi Lucas, I´m 6´3" and I have the same problem. My 18 inch bench is too high I think, but I´m not sure! Can I ask please how high your box height/bench height is? thank you very much for your valuable time and help!
@@helmutkrusemann9194 Hi, I am late to this, I am 5'10 and I use 12" box with the best results. You can experiment with this, maybe use a 12" box and put 1-2" on top depending on your flexibility/mobility/leg length
@@yashhgami I’m 5’10 too bro but what are you and I doing in this thread sub
YES! 6'6" club here as well.. longer levers, more TUT & just overall slightly different mechanics for us. I just came across this channel & have subscribed
@LucasMitchell - I'm 5'2" with short legs so you can imagine how far off I've been! It's SO about the levers!
I’ll try this next time. I’ve avoided bulg. split squats for so long because I always feel it in my quads and not the glutes.
Same
Better than me, all I’m feeling pain in is my ankle 💀💀
I can only feel this in my quads and the hams of my elevated leg.
This is coming from an educator, you’re an effective teacher. I really appreciate the attention to detail.
Yea. He made me understand everything perfectly
Thanks for helping me solve this challenge! Bulgarian Split Squats have always felt lousy in my low back. At 5'2" with short legs even for my height, I was trying to use the bench. Per watching you, I've set up a stack of yoga blocks at 10" and surprise, surprise, no low back pain! These feel great. BW for now; excited to work up to weights with this at last. Hey, even old dogs (61) can learn.
Can’t believe how much this video helped improve my form-almost wrote off this exercise completely before finding this...cannot thank you enough for your breakdown of such a great exercise for those of us struggling to build lower body musculature 🙌
BEST TUTORIAL on the Bulgarian Split Squat ever!!! Thank you so much. Every cue made me shake my head "yes" as it was exactly hitting on my issues with the Bulgarian Split Squat. So excited to try doing this with much better form.
Great content - this is the best Bulgarian split squat form video i've seen on youtube! Unrated channel, excited to watch this channel continue to grow!
I started watching this channel yesterday and I'm enjoying it a lot
Got into this a couple months ago and I loooooove there channel!!!!
He explained it so well, I was doing them wrong. I didn't nt know to start at bottom
This was really helpful, from other videos I was always under the impression that the back leg had to be quite high for these squats and found it really uncomfortable.
I won’t ever have to Google up the proper form for Bulgarian split squat ever again while at the gym. I have found it! I appreciate this knowledgeable video so much.
Legitimately, this is the best UA-cam Channel for fitness and nutrition.
This guy is a G -
He truly knows what hes talking about- this is mistakes all beginners make - i appreciate that hes shedding light on it
You just solved my trailing leg on fire issue. Thank you. Subscribed.
Yesterday was legs and I did lots of Bulgarians, now I’m trying to remember if I followed each of your tips! Super helpful video
I´ve been doing this at home for more than a year every 4, 5 days or so with my 10kg weighted vest. I donºt need more weight...even now after more than a year I hit them well with only body weight + 10kg.
6:49 Very good point with the knee. Thank you !
I have been trying to create time to find the right way of how to do lunges and bulgarian split, glad i found this
I love how you break down the ENITRE process!!! Thank you!
Heidi Thomas Heidi, thank you for the feedback :)
Right!
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This was very helpful! This exercise is part of my running strength workout.
The bench I was using was much too high and I had no idea. Also, the tip at the end about not letting the knee go inward is something I need keep in mind.
BEST VIDEO ON BULGARIAN SPLIT SQUAT!! I've been struggling with them for ages and watched loads of videos on how to correct them, and for the first time, I finally found one that's helped me! great video! Definitely subscribing to perfect my form with other exercises
I love this video so much and share it often. Thank you for taking the time to carefully explain the movement. My back leg was way, way too high before and I felt really unsupported. Scared even with some weights.
Bench height is 🔑! Thanks for another excellent explanation! Best video on UA-cam about these for sure.
Man! This was so incredibly useful. I kept feeling a pain on my opposite hip and couldn't figure out why... you've really helped me out here! Subscribed and recommended to friends. Keep it up
Greatest single video on the Bulgarian Spilt Squat on UA-cam. Period.
The first tip is a game changer, I have tight quads and how I was doing them before always made me want to faint from the pain of the stretch, couldn’t even think about my ass
Sounds like you need to stretch more and roll out
Megan Henry mmnnnah, I do both, it’s really doesn’t help that much, thanks though! I like this variation because it’s still taking the back leg out of action, so you’re loading the working leg only. There’s no need to have a more elevated leg if you think about it, I just kinda blindly followed what I saw everywhere else.
I had really struggled with this exercise, especially the setup. Sometimes my knees hurt. Your video was a game changer! Thanks for posting this! Setting up from the bottom makes it so much easier. No more knee pain. God bless you sir.
split squats are the best IMO. they hit everything so well and also build up and strengthen each leg individually making both legs stronger for exercises like squats and deadlifts.
5 years on still the best vid on this topic on the net.
Seeing Mindpump for a year now . Amazing content, alot of valued free information. High regard for you and the team. Just gouth an ebook of SAL from audible as well. you and the mindpump team has done a great work so far. Please keep doing the job in making the world a better place. I have been very vocal about your youtube, spotify, audible contents where you share your podcasts all the time. Sincerely appreciate your efforts and time you spend in making a high grade episode on internet for all of us . Cheers, Kamran
I love your channel so much never stop you deserve more views especially with how knowledgeable you are vs people that say “workouts to look like me!” And then just have the names of the workouts…and no how-to.
Have always hated doing BSS's as tended to feel a lot of tension in my trailing leg, so when it came to switch that leg was already knackered! Having watched this video, it's so obvious that having the trailing leg too high is the worst thing you can do e.g. putting it on a bench. Have changed my form and it's a HUGE difference! Thanks for the advice.
This was SO thorough and helpful!! Thanks for breaking down proper form and the why behind certain aches and pains. Awesome video!
Superb coverage. Worth it to nearly take 10 minutes with this density of information
finally an intelligent approach to a total body exercise. benefits more than just the glutes. positioning can also include hip flexor stretch prior to or after the movement
The nuances of this exercise greatly explained. I have taken notes of this video n will implement verbatim. 🙏
This is the best guide on the exercise I've seen yet! Excited to use this method.
I started this exercise last week.. You already tackled my struggles in the first few minutes. Thank you for this awesome vid 😊👍👌
Never ever thought about starting the exercise on the ground, I am new to this exercise and I spend at least 5 minutes hopping my front and back legs around trying to find the right position for my feet.
Same here
Thanks for the video! I always see videos that talk about exercises, but then don't give tips on how to maintain good form. I appreciate that you talk about how to do it correctly
Excellent presentation with complete, detailed instruction! I have this video bookmarked to review tomorrow.
I love Bulgarian squats for the burn. You are really insightful and amazing at what you do. Thank you!
Most people are doing this wrong with the bench too high. Good video. He’s very tall and his foot rest goes to his mid shin
FINALLY!!! Great concise and to the point instructions and pointers thank you!
I avoided Bulgarian split squats because I could never keep my balance, and it always felt uncomfortable. Thank you Mind Pump I'm so glad you guys are around.
I had a really hard time with balance as well. You can use a long pole of some kind to help with balance
OUTSTANDING VIDEO...thank you so much. Your cues for good posture and the info on hip flexors is excellent !
THANK YOU!!! I didn't even realize some of the mistakes I was making (i.e. too high of a bench) and have hated doing this exercise for so long! I've been trying to incorporate glute building exercises in my routine, so I'm excited to try adding these again! :)
This is so amazingly helpful. I have been trying to rehab my IT band injury and I wanted to see that I was doing this correctly to better my form. MAN. I was screwing it up in a couple MAJOR ways, namely the height of the bench and starting with my foot ON the bench, ...and more. HUGE difference. Also the position of the feet with regard to the muscles being targeted. You made so many great points here. BRILLIANT. Thanks so much for sharing this!!!!!
Yeah I have avoided this exercise like the plague because I could not get my back foot comfortable for the life of me. It also bothered my front knee. I’m going to try out all these cues tomorrow at the gym. Thank you!!
Love how he breaks this down.. nice job!
Glad you enjoyed it
This was sooo helpful!! Im a Tall girl and this movement has been challenging for me especially in the gym!
This was the best description and explanation of how to do this exercise correctly ! You explained very well where I could understand and even see when I’ve done this before even had clients perform, I did it wrong 🤦🏼♀️ and now I see why I haven’t attempted this nor had clients try this either for a while!
Thank you for this great content!!
I think I do this wrong sometimes. I’m glad that you did this on this type machine. I always feel it in my hips and sometimes collapse my knees. Very helpful! I ll be doing this tonight!!!
This is such a great instructional video that is so comprehensive. Thank-you 👍
Thank you. Liked this video simply for how you explained what to do and what not to do.
this has always been my least favourite exercise but this all makes so much sense! what a great explanation. Thank you!
This guy is amazing! love how knowledgeable he is in fitness and he actually explains and shows you the proper position for the move Subbing for sure 👍🏻
Thank you Leo, Welcome!
This video made me a subscriber as well!😊
Always hated this exercise. Thanks for this video. My form finally feels good, and I am learning to love it!!
FANTASTIC info, I absolutely hate split squats but this makes it look doable. Thank you from Scotland
I just watch half dozen other videos on this exercise. This video nails it. Great for me because I'm 6'4". Thanks.
Thank you!!! I have been trying to deal with the knee pain from these for so long ! I’ve heard turn the foot out a little . But you’re the first to say push the knee out . Makes sense. But, I just never mentally went there, duh.
Thanks Adam! i’ve been waiting for this video for a while, I always feel it in my back hip flexor, so this was super helpful!👍😃
Best explanation yet on Bulgarian split squat. Thanks.
Thank you!! I was making so many of those mistakes. I cant wait to try it this way!!
This was so helpful! I am quad dominant and I've been doing this exercise off a bench and ALWAYS feel it in my quads. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Great info. My wife will love this info. Y’all always explain great.
I started integrating the split squats and my hips were killing me! I'll try a lower elevated foot position next time, thanks for the tips!
The first tip is a life saver
Perfect, IV been doing this wrong for years.
kai street me too!!
the quality of the MP youtube content now is awesome!
Great video on the technicality of the Bulgarian squat. Awesome.
Really well compiled and structured video. Haven't seen the low-leg explanation and all makes sense, no more hip flexor stretches!
This’s so righttttt. I followed to most ppl in IG doing, and after watching this video, I know I definitely go to wrong positions cuz all my legs hurt and my lower pack gets painful horribly. I can’t hold my balance while doing this exercise, now I know exactly what I’m gonna do and how to do it correctly without painful and go directly into that glutes meat. Thanks for your helpful videos
Great video, best explanation I've found to really help me get my form down. Thanks.
Very informative and I can't believe I never thought to hook my foot to those rollers
This is the best video I’ve seen! Great tips and explanation.
Thank you this was so informative, I have watched so many videos now understand it . Thank you 😊
Excellent video, all useful, no fluff. I'd been feeling all the errors but now a great connection. Even doing it off the ground works now if no step convenient. Thanks
One of the best Bulgarian videos!!!
😂 I’ve been doing it so wrong it’s not even funny
Luckily I haven’t been using weights tho
This guy is a God-send!
This is useful. I've been doing glutes so long I'm glute dominate. I don't even feel squats or lunges or anything in my quads, all my glutes. I'll do the quad foot position and see how that works.
I’m at my wits end with this, I still can’t seem to do this right!!
thank you for being thorough!
Finally came across this helpful guide on how to do Bulgarian Squats. Probably like the guy next to me why I avoided this exercise.
I am learning so much from these videos. Thanks for all the useful content.
I just did 9 sets of these last night on each leg-- I wish this vid had come out sooner! NEXT time though-- watch me y'all.
This guy is freaking AWESOME! Best video EVER how to do a split squat. Thank you so much!!!
You're awesome too Lily!
I think this is the best video about perfecting the Bulgarian split squat for maximum glute growth, thank you so much definitely subscribed♥️
The best explanation i got with split squats!
You are so thorough in your explanation! Thank you so much for posting!
Thank you 🙏🏽! I was trained with a professional that had me doing this incorrectly.
Very informative explanation on the importance of the form of this exercise thank you!
Another thing worth pointing out is to keep the lower front leg relatively still during the movement. Surprisingly I find pushing with the back heel against the narrow side of a bench engages the hamstrings too. Can be performed with a park bench as well
Very informative and helpful video! Certainly guilty of having the rear leg too high! I'll be sure to remember to start from the ground! 🌟😊👍🌟
Ahh, I did leg day this morning! I wish I had seen this sooner. This was a great video and really well explained.
Dude, amazing video and series of explaining everything from the perspective of a beginner!! Instant sub, Thank You!!
Fantastic! youtube is so full of invaluable knowledge; thank you so much
greatly explained, I struggled like crazy and now it's crystal clear thank you so much !
Best video about the topic I have seen.
Wow I didn't realise how bad my form was until I watched this video. Was struggling to feel it in my glutes. Followed your form tips and my glutes are on fire now.