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Good day I've been doing split squats for a few weeks now and have never had a problem with them before. Today while doing my BW routine, I had a horrible pain in my right quad during split squats. My quads were both a tiny bit sore this morning, but nothing too painful. I foam roll daily and also do quite a bit of stretching. The odd thing was it was only my right quad - the left one was fine. And it only hurt when my right leg was in the leg back position (left leg in front). It was a little sore during the opposite (left leg back/right leg forward) but easily tolerable. The only way I can describe it is like a massive rubber band being stretched and at the most painful spot it almost felt like a ripping/pulling pain. Sorry - very difficult to put into words. It feels okay now... but I'm worried how it's going to feel tomorrow. Any suggestions on stretches or specific foam rolling movements I can do tonight to try to prevent awful DOMS tomorrow? I really don't understand why it hurt so bad. I watch myself in a full length mirror when I work out so I can focus on my posture and form as much as possible and I didn't notice anything that looked off. Thanks in advance... --Bela