Quadriceps Exercise Guides – Photos and Instructions for Legs

The large group of muscles on the front of the upper leg, often referred to as the thighs. Your quadriceps are so named because they are a group of four (quad = four) different muscles: the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedialis. The quadriceps run along the front of the thigh, starting at the hip joint and ending at the knee joint. The quadriceps’ primary function is to flex the hip and extend the knee, very important in walking, running, jumping, climbing, and pedaling.

• Barbell Squats
  
• Barbell Hack Squats
  
• Barbell Lunges
  
• Barbell Bench Squats
  
• Barbell Step Ups
  
• Cable Inner Thighs Pulls
  
• Dumbbell Lunges
  
• Dumbbell Rear Lunges
  
• Dumbbell Squats
  
• Dumbbell Bench Squats
  
• Dumbbell Step Ups
  
• Jump Squats
  
• Front Barbell Squats
  
• Front Barbell Bench Squats
  
• Hack Squats
  
• Dumbbell Lateral Raise Squats
  
• Leg Extensions
  
• Leg Presses
  
• Machine Squats
  
• Power Cleans
  
• One Leg Hack Squats
  
• Single Dumbbell Squats
  
• Smith Machine Squats
  
• Thigh Abductors
  
• Thigh Adductors
  
• Wide Barbell Squats
  
• Dumbbell Side Lunges
• One Leg Extensions
• One Leg Presses
• One Leg Machine Squats

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