Questions tagged [quads]
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Quad focused leg workout with bad knee
As the title suggests, I am looking for quad focused exercises of workouts that can be done with a bad knee. I have learned to squat with my feet and knees pointed outward slightly, this helps a lot. ...
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are there any quad isolation exercises besides a leg extension machine
I can only find one true quad isolation exercise and that's the leg extension exercise. My issue is I have a glute medius strain, which only seems to effect when I'm squatting, whether that's one leg ...
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Squat with hip pain [closed]
I have an abductor strain/inflammation and wondering what kinds of exercises I could do for my legs to continue bodybuilding. I've seen adduction strains online but I can't find any tips on abduction. ...
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Hip pain when doing a back squat or front squat
I have hip pain in the side of my leg when I back or front squat. It generally feels just very tight or small pain when I first start a workout cycle, and after a couple weeks the pain gets bad enough ...
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During squat (front & back), is it mechanically possible to work the glutes more than the quads? How?
Title says it all. I am quad dominant. Yeah, it's bad. Trying to re-imagine myself doing some of the main exercises such as the squat, I wonder if it's possible, even for glute dominant people, to ...
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Split squats, knees over toes?
I've been doing split squats lately, partly to help strengthen my VMO
I've read in a number of places that you should track your front knee over your toes in order to place more load on your VMO.
But ...
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Does this exercise stretch hip flexors?
Unfortunately I can't find much information on this question anywhere. Hope someone here can help to clear things out.
I know the classic exercise for hip flexor (psoas) stretch is the kneeling hip ...
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Wallsit - Any Benefit to the Wall?
Is there any reason to do wallsits on a wall if you can do them without with perfect form?
It seems like not using a wall would achieve the same thing with more stabilization (assuming you can bend ...
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Passive stretching of hip flexors and quads
So years of IT job have seriously tightened my hip flexors and quads, leading to anterior pelvic tilt. I do stretch and do resistance training, but was thinking about changing the way I sit or work to ...
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Improving knee flexibility
I've suffered from an injury in my knee the past 2 weeks or so. Yesterday I went to see a physiotherapist to see whats wrong. Long story short, my right knee is less flexible than my left one because ...
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What do I do about quadricep pain? [closed]
Over the last few weeks, as the weight on my squats has gotten heavier I've been noticing some pain in my quadricep. Not the normal muscle soreness, it's a little sharper and feels "deeper" in the ...
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How to build my quads at home?
I am scrawny. I've always been scrawny. But a few years ago I've lost the muscle tone in my hips and I developed intermittent knee pains before of that. In the passing year I lost my lower back ...
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What are some training types that strengthen getting up muscles?
While standing in a position like this
I want to be able to jump off the ground easily with one foot). Normal squats don't work well for this kind of a movement. Pistol squat is a better practice, ...
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My legs are more sore than they've ever been?
So I was doing the leg press at my gym last Thursday with a relatively small amount(180) compared to my max(410) and after doing only 15 reps my legs(quads) got so sore. They still feel like they're ...
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Squatting is causing pain in my quadriceps
This is not a medical/health question; this is a question on why doing squats is causing me a burning/painful sensation in my quadriceps. I normally work my legs using squats only for now ... I just ...
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alternatives to leg presses
So I can do leg presses with 650lbs reliably enough and probably more but idk... putting all those 45lbs weights on the leg press machine is a bit of a hassle. Is there any exercise that works legs ...
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Is there anything wrong with doing one-legged bodyweight squats in this way and what can I improve?
The way I heard about one legged squats is to them like this: stand, lower yourself on one leg while the other points forward, then push yourself up. When I try to do this, I don't even get my ...
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