Building strong, muscular quads is best done with a combination of compound exercises—squats, lunges, leg presses—and isolation work, such as leg extensions. Tack on some powerful plyometric moves, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Squats are one of the major compound lifts, and countless variations—back squats, goblet squats, split ...

Rowing machine muscles worked include the quads, glutes, triceps, and more, making it a great whole-body workout. This heart-pumping, high-intensity exercise activates many of the muscles that are ...

Ready for leg day? I’ve already shared my favorite exercises for hamstrings and for your glutes (a.k.a. your butt). It’s time to tackle the main muscle group we think of when we think of legs: the ...

The vastus medialis is one of the four quadriceps muscles, located on the front of your thigh, above your kneecap. It’s the innermost one. When you extend your leg fully, you can feel and sometimes ...

If you’re looking for an exercise that builds lower-body and core strength, improves balance, and can be done literally anywhere with no equipment, the reverse lunge delivers. Reverse lunges are ...

Quadriceps-sparing myopathy is the name formerly used for the commonest clinical condition among a group of syndromes called the hereditary inclusion body myopathies (HIBM). They are characterized by ...

Introduction Despite extensive investigations on the task-dependency of neuromuscular fatigue after several types of exercise, hardly anything is known about central and peripheral factors of fatigue ...

Squats are one of the major compound lifts, and countless variations—back squats, goblet squats, split squats, front squats—help target particular muscles in your lower body. A relatively ...