Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bulgarian split squat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: bul-gar-i-an s-plit squat
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variation of the split squat performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on a platform behind the body.

Example Sentences

"People often think of Bulgarian split squats as a quad-crushing, glute and hamstrings-building challenge on leg day, instead of the complete core and lower-body compound exercise it can be used for."

Etymology

The exercise was supposedly popularized in the United States by Bulgarian weightlifting coach Angel Spassov (1941–2017) in the late 1980s.

Inflected Forms

Bulgarian split squats (plural)

Questions

What does bulgarian split squat mean?: A variation of the split squat performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on a platform behind the body.
Where does bulgarian split squat come from?: The exercise was supposedly popularized in the United States by Bulgarian weightlifting coach Angel Spassov (1941–2017) in the late 1980s.

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