Quadriceps Exercises - Leg Training
& Workouts For Great 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.