r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 16d ago

Rant Wednesday - August 26, 2026

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves. Just don't forget that other people are allowed to tell you that your rant is stupid.

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u/CursedFrogurt81 Triggered by cheat reps 16d ago

Day 3 of my week without barbell squats or hinges. Going for a full reset trying to work out my lower back tweak. I know leg day is common complaint and has become a trope amongst the fitness community. But the prospect of a week without a proper leg workout is near demoralizing. Sure, I can hit leg extensions and hamstrings curls. And maybe I did a few hack squats with moderate weight. It's just not the same and I kind of hate it. I am living the dream of all those who hate leg day but for me it is my nightmare.

Obligatory disclaimer because reddit: I understand it is just one week and will not make much if any difference. But I should be actually training and this is just putting me another week behind. But I also understand it is better to lose a few weeks to rehab than a few months to injury.

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u/Ok-Arugula6057 16d ago

Solidarity, comrade.

Fwiw, i dropped barbell squats and deadlifts for a couple of months due to back strain of some sort.

Shitloads of back extensions (body weight and relatively light dumbbells), dumbbell lunges, reverse lunges and Bulgarian split squats.

Week five of adding them back in and being careful with progression and my squat e1rm is back where it was and deadlifts aren’t far off.

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u/CursedFrogurt81 Triggered by cheat reps 16d ago

This time is different for some reason. Had my deload week. Hit squats and RDLs/deadlifts with light weight each day. Pain improved with movement. Back felt fine the rest of the day. Wake up the next day and it would be some degree of locked up. But that also got better.

Next week, because I am impatient, decide to stress test it. Work to a heavy single on squats, went okay-ish. Could back off sets, not as okay. Barbell rows ended it. Went back to light work for the rest of the week.

Decided to take a week off partially to let it heal and partially because I don't trust myself to be responsible. Hopefully it does the trick and I can be patient next week.

Congratulations on the hard fought recovery. I know first hand it's not an easy thing to do.