What are your top 3 love/hate exercises?

chrisdavey
chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
edited November 8 in Fitness and Exercise
Love/hate as in love the affects that you get from them but hate to do them.

Here are mine in no particular order

1. Bulgarian split squats with pauses. (I do this is an decending rep order 6,5,4,3,2,1. After 6 reps, hover just above the ground with rear knee for 6 seconds, 5 reps, 5 second pause etc)
2. pause at knee deadlifts (I do these sumo and pause just under knee for .5-1 second and then lockout. Grip strength is a challenge as well as staying tight for longer time under tension. Similar time to a full on grinder deadlift but with much less weight)
3. hill sprints (lungs gasping for air, calves, glutes and hammies burning but I love them for their efficiency of cardio exercise done in short time period.)

Ok go :smile:
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  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Heavy squats
    And most any HIIT exercise done for conditioning. Except sprints. I've grown up sprinting so that is normal to me.

    I also hate any type of overhead pressing.
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    1. OHP.
    2. Any shoulder work... my shoulders are weak as hell, and I mean WEEEEAAAAKKKK.
    3. Hammer curls. Had reconstructive surgery on elbows and this is irritates them to hell.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    1. Squats
    2. Pull ups because they are hard for now.
  • sweetest_potato
    sweetest_potato Posts: 53 Member
    Squats, Sumo deadlifts, Dumbbell press!
  • gkauf744
    gkauf744 Posts: 128 Member
    Turkish get ups. Burpees/sprawls. Plank hold.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    1. Pullups
    2. Thrusters (I HATE them, but they are so good for you)
    3. The rower.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    bulgarian split squats, OHP, lunges
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Giffen shrugs. So hard to keep them a shrug and not a row.
    Strict OHP. Give me push press or push jerks and I'm happy.
    Rack pulls. I hate the fact it's weaker then my dead
  • VegasFit
    VegasFit Posts: 1,232 Member
    Burpee pull ups
    Sprint and sleds
    Plyometric ladder pushups
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    1.OHP
    2. Barbell squats cause I still can't get my form right.
    3. Bear crawls.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    Good topic! :)

    1. Front Squats: It's awkward
    2. Power Snatch / Clean: I love the exercise but old injuries of mine don't, so I tend to stay away from them unfortunately.
    3. Burpees: What's to like about doing 100+ straight reps of these?
  • getstrongkaylen
    getstrongkaylen Posts: 137 Member
    edited December 2014
    1. Bulgarian Split Squats
    2. Deadlifts (Both regular and stiff leg)
    3. Pull-Ups
  • AlinaRose17
    AlinaRose17 Posts: 92 Member
    Deadlift (Regular, Stiff Leg aren't near as bad)
    Lunges
    Clean and Press
  • TiberiusClaudis
    TiberiusClaudis Posts: 423 Member
    Deadlifts Regular
    Deadlifts stiff legs
    Carido
  • sappy42
    sappy42 Posts: 65 Member
    Love, love, love Russian twists, pec flys, heavy squats and donkey kicks. Love to hate elbow planks (on 1:50 this week) cuz they're crazy hard but have really changed my body. Hate push ups cuz they make me feel like a weakling.

    I will say upper body is my favorite day while I dread core day due to planks lol. Oh and deadlifts bore me to tears but knowing I'll feel it the next day is the only thing that keeps me doing them.
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    1. Bulgarian split squats
    2. Sprinting
    3. Anything that involves jumping. My balance is horrid,but improving, which is why I do it.
  • kstej
    kstej Posts: 17 Member
    1. Lateral delt raises
    2. Hamstring curls
    3. Weighted tricep dips
    So painful yet so satisfying...
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm just going to say:
    Bulgarian split squats. That's it. It's the only exercise that will almost make me leave the gym.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    1) Back Squatting - My favourite lift actually, but since effing up my QL I can just about manage my warm up sets and that's the way it's going to have to be on the road back to squatville.

    2) See 1

    3) See 2

  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Deadlifts
    Overhead Squats
    Clean and Jerks

    I don't do exercises l hate or dislike.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    From my quick summary, I think Bulgarian split squats are winning haha.
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    Steps. Particularly those that you do as part of circuit training.
    Jogging intervals.
    Leg Day on the weights
  • anglergirl3
    anglergirl3 Posts: 113 Member
    1) Hamstring roll-outs > Hate: pain/hurt > Love: knowing it's hitting target muscles > ouch
    2) Weighted burpees > Hate: air gasping / energy draining > Love: Heart Rate push. Smoking the kcal burn
    3) Push-ups > Hate: not being fully there yet > Love: being amazed at how better I'm getting from the time before
  • TFaustino67
    TFaustino67 Posts: 551 Member
    1) burpees
    2) burpees
    3).....burpees
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Running, Burpees, Leg Weights
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    in for the lunges...

    which I'm shocked I don't see.
    That's usually EVERYONE's most hated.

    I hate cardio.

    I hate cardio... pretty much that's about it- everything else I'm okay with.

    Also- hanging leg raises- I'm not a fan- I do them- but yeah- I really dislike them.
  • Jams009
    Jams009 Posts: 345 Member
    Pistol squats, romanian jump squats and L-sits. I love the idea of them, but hate doing them.

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Krocs
    Squats
    Deadlifts - I actually want to hate **** deadlifts until they die and become reborn as the one true way, and entrance to Heaven.
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I'm really surprised people hate deads. I absolutely love them.... especially sumo block pulls.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I thought this was love hate, not just hate.

    If we're talking just hate?

    Kipping bicep curls
    Anything on the smith except for calf raises
    Crunches while getting punched in the stomach when at full crunch.
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