Fit and Fine by Kamal Singh CSCS: The Bulgarian Split Squat

When I started lifting weights long years ago, the squat, which is now called the back squat, was considered the king of strength training exercises. We had all kinds of percentages and numbers with which we would compare our absolute as well as relative strength. (Absolute strength is the actual amount of weight you are lifting while relative strength is the weight lifted divided by your body weight). We would ridicule trainees who could barely squat 1.5 times their body weight for a single repetition.