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Lunges and squats!

TheFitHooker
TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Oh how I hate thee!!! anyone else with me? I know they will do my body good and I will love the results from them but I still hate them lol.
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  • Miche37
    Miche37 Posts: 19
    I love squats, but I really, really can't stand lunges. I hate them. Lots!!
  • mevalentina
    mevalentina Posts: 362 Member
    I truly abhore them, but since I have started doing them (about a month and a half now) my *kitten* and legs look so much better. I can't believe the difference...
  • deannakittygirl
    deannakittygirl Posts: 228 Member
    I'm with you and add push ups too. that reminds me I have to go do mine. the ones I do are still modified even but I still hate them with a passion!
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    You can share the hate with travelling lunges and heavy dumbbell step-ups
  • pittskaa
    pittskaa Posts: 319 Member
    I LOVE LUNGES! the burn feels so good. so so so good
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I could lunge and squat all day if I had to.. but when my trainer makes me do jumping squats/lunges, I'm like seriously dude?!
  • classictoaster
    classictoaster Posts: 197
    I love love LOVE squatting! I just recently got into Stronglifts 5x5, and the intense, heavy-weight squatting is doing WONDERS for my legs, butt, and stamina (I feel like my running has improved since beginning strength training!).

    Lunges are one of those things I have a hate/love relationship with. I hate doing them, but once I start, I love what they do for my body.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    yep, lunges suck. it always ends in tears.
  • DoOrDoNotThereIsNoTry1
    DoOrDoNotThereIsNoTry1 Posts: 149 Member
    I hate em... But I love em!
  • ali_b83
    ali_b83 Posts: 324 Member
    I hate them, they're evil. Necessary evil though.
  • hnsaunde
    hnsaunde Posts: 757 Member
    Yep, definitely hate them today! I just upped my weights and am now squatting 120 pounds and lunging 110 pounds. Out of the two, lunges are definitely worse! I love deadlifts though!
  • jadedbutterfly71
    jadedbutterfly71 Posts: 83 Member
    I love squats...lunges, not so much. I do them, but I hate them.
  • sandrajune72
    sandrajune72 Posts: 492 Member
    I'm ok with lunges and squats, it's push ups I can't do!! :laugh:
  • capabledesire
    capabledesire Posts: 60
    I hate em... But I love em!

    This
  • InezRny
    InezRny Posts: 53 Member
    I prefer squats over lunges! But I hate them too! lol :explode:
  • kaylurzz
    kaylurzz Posts: 121 Member
    Love squats! HATE lunges! haha
  • Jessamine
    Jessamine Posts: 226 Member
    I hate lunges. Not only are they hard, but they're awkward and uncomfortable. I never feel like I have good balance when I'm doing them.

    I have a much better relationship with squats, though. I've been loving my weighted barbell squats. It's amazing how quickly it shapes me up!
  • jgic2009
    jgic2009 Posts: 531 Member
    Love 'em -- hurts so good!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    I absolutely love to do squats. I don't know why but I feel they're very easy. I don't like pushups.

    However, crunches, pushups, squats and lunges are very good for us and are some of the best workouts yet some of the most underrated workouts so I do them anyways
  • RainaWalks
    RainaWalks Posts: 72
    don't mind squats....don't like lunges but i do them both....the results are worth it....
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Lol I love squats but hate lunges too!! I did a mega leg workout last Sunday and today is the first day I'm not sore!!!!! I thing is for sure...squats and lunges work!!!!!
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    Hmmm..... don't hate either.

    I actually love squats, all squats. (ok, I don't LOVE overhead)

    When I have to do lunges I just think about my how much better my butt looks and they don't seem that bad at all.
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    I hate em... But I love em!

    Yep. I hate doing them, but love having done them.
  • kwest_4_fitness
    kwest_4_fitness Posts: 820 Member
    I'm right there with ya!
  • 4myhealth77
    4myhealth77 Posts: 77 Member
    I have a love/hate relationship with lunges and squats right now. My trainers makes me do them three days a week and I dread every session with her, but I LOVE that they are shaping my butt and legs in such a short amount of time.
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    I've always enjoyed them! Lunges hurt me, but I like the intensity.
  • findingme07
    findingme07 Posts: 156 Member
    I'm ok with lunges and squats, it's push ups I can't do!! :laugh:

    I struggle with push-ups, too. I have to do the "girl" push-ups.
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    I'm not a huge fan of squats, though I make myself do them. Deadlifts are my preferred lift.
  • jfrog123
    jfrog123 Posts: 432 Member
    I hate lunges! Squats, on the other hand are not quite so bad.
  • wyze
    wyze Posts: 248
    my knee joints are not the best, add squats and lunges to the mix and its torture. Especially lunges. I actually prefer travelling lunges to static. Static lunges feels like my knees are about to pop. I recently decided to stop doing lunges
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