SuppVersity EMG Series - Gluteus maximus, Quadriceps femoris, Gastrocnemius, Soleus & More: The Very Best Exercises for Tree-Trunk Legs and Herculean Calves
Actually, it would make as much sense to split this part of the SuppVersity EMG Series in two, if not three individual analyses, as it would to split your leg workout over two if not three days. In practice, however, most trainees go through the grueling torture of the dreaded "leg day" , just once a week and thus I will mirror this practice by writing a similarly gruelingly long blogpost on the best exercises for the major Image 1: The major muscle groups of your legs. Quadriceps, adductors, abductors, gluteus, hamstrings, gastrocnemius & soleus the quadriceps (red) - powerful extensors of the knee joint;crucial in walking, running, jumping and squatting ; strongest and leanest muscle in the human body the gluteus (yellow) - three muscles that make up the buttocks: the gluteus maximus muscle, gluteus medius muscle and gluteus minimus muscle ; the hamstrings (blue) - comprises the semitendinosus, semimembranosus and the short and long head of the bicep...