Which muscles are commonly called the quads?
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There are four muscles in the quads which are the big muscles at the top front of the thigh they are known as ( excuse spellings) Rectus Femorus, Vastus Lateralis, vastus medialis and vastus intermedialis hope it helps it has been about 3 years since someone asked the proper terms we just know them as the quads.
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me either... what is quads??
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hamstring and quad stretches mainly.  \n\nYou can stretch you hamstrings by sitting on the ground with your legs out in front of you and together.  Lean forward gently and extend your arms toward your toes.  I do this while I'm watching TV, so I can do it for an hour or two each day.  Be very careful not to jerk or push too hard or you'll really hurt yourself.\n\nFor you quads, stand on one leg and pull your other leg up to your buttocks.  Make sure your knees are together so you don't pull sideways.  Once you become more flexible, this won't stretch so much.  When this happens, kneel down with one knee in front of the other and push your pelvis and buttocks forward.\n\nThe other thing you can try is attempt the splits, but gently.  You can support yourself on your hands, and hold this for a minute or two.  DON'T PUSH IT!  If you try too hard, you will pull a muscle and put your efforts back a long way.  Also, going for a jog beforehand will get your muscles nice and limber.
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Knee extension (what would be holding the leg straight out against gravity) would be the quadratus muscle group, consisting of rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralus, and quadratus femoris. \n\nTo get very specific, rectus femoris and quadratus femoris soley do the action, while the to vasti have secondary actions with leg approximation and deviation along with extension.
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your calves, quads, glutes and sometimes ur core for balance.
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quadriceps, hamstrings and abs
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those are your triceps. do exercises that target that muscle
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Do you have a specific question or do you just want to know?Assuming the latter, you have quite a few tendons that connect right around the knee. The largest and most commonly injured is your patellar tendon that connects the quadriceps muscle group to your tibia. You also have both hamstrings tendons that cross behind the knee, as well as several other lateral and medial muscle tendons that usually originate on the femur or pelvis and attach to the lower leg bones. Hope that helps.
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Yes, to be sure.  The more muscle mass you have, the more fat you'll burn when you exercise (and throughout the day even when you're not exercising, really).\n\nIn particular, your quads and your gluteus are the biggest muscles in your body.  Building them up will help a lot!
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When the biceps contract, the elbow flexes. When the triceps contract, the elbow extends. Yes, deers have elbows - they are the joints below the shoulder on the front legs.  \n\nThe energy comes from ATP, which is produced by metabolism of the food the deer eats.
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There are no common names for these terms. They are precise scientific terms. There are many different types of synovial joint with different ranges of movement\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial_joint
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when you lift your heels off the ground you can feel your calve muscles flex, however when you bend your knees and stand up you will notice that your quadricep (top of thigh) and gluteous maximus (butt) flex especially when you have some weight on your shoulders.  It is a combination of leg muscles that used when jumping.  Historically it has been the calve muscle that has been emphasized (jump soles, jump roping) but personally I think the other muscles are overlooked.  At one point in my life I rode a bike every day for over a year (not to increase my vetical) my glut grew (I now have stretch marks on both behinds) and I began dunking in basketball viciously (two hands behind head).  I'm 6'1" and white but could always jump decently.
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The muscle is called the trapezius. The best exercise to build it is butterfly lifts, raising weights straight up to the sides with arms fully extended.
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I think it's easiest to break the body up into "movement groups", as it's a bit more functional than thinking of the individual muscles.  This is how I do it:\n\n1.  Pushing Muscles (includes vertical and horizontal pushing):\n -BASIC muscles invloved:  pectoralis group, anterior and lateral deltoids, triceps.\n -Examples:\n     bench press (horizontal push)\n     military press (vertical push)\n\n2.  Pulling Muscles (includes vertical and horizontal pulling):\n-BASIC muscles involved:  trapezius, latisimus dorsi, posterior deltoid, rhomboids (major and minor), biceps, brachialis.\n-Examples:\n     seated row (horizontal pull)\n     pull-up (vertical pull)\n\n3.  2-Leg Movements:\n-BASIC muscles involved:  quadriceps group, hamstrings group, gluteals, adductor group, abductor group, calf muscles, muscles of the anterior lower leg.\n-Examples:\n     squat, stiff-legged deadlift\n\n4.  Single-Leg Movements:\n-BASIC muscles involved:  same as 2-leg exercises, more emphasis on gluteals, hamstrings, and the stabilizers of the knee.\n-Examples:\n     lunges, step-ups, split squats, single-leg stiff-legged deadlifts\n\n5.  Trunk Muscles:\n-BASIC muscles involved:  rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques, transverse abdominis, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae group (illiocostalis, multifidus, etc.).\n-Examples:\n     crunches, plank-holds, reverse crunches, quadraplex.
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Leg lifts and squats.  Stand up and put your hands on steady surface, then lift one leg behind you, knee slightly bent, and lift as high behind you as you can. do ten of those, then switch legs.\n \nsquats are self explanatory. legs slightly less than shoulder width apart, keep your back straight and lower yourself down, then back up. do ten, take a break, then do more.  \n\nRunning of course is always good for the glutes, but its good for a little bit of everything too.
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hmmm!\nThe buttocks (often called butt, buns, bum, ass or arse) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the great apes and humans. The buttocks are formed by the masses of the two gluteal muscles; the gluteus maximus and the gluteus medius, (aka 'the glutes'), superimposed by a layer of fat. The superior aspect of the buttock ends at the iliac crest and the lower aspect is outlined by the horizontal gluteal crease. The gluteus maximus has two insertion points: 1/3 superior portion of the linea aspera of the femur, and the superior portion of the iliotibial tractus. The masses of the gluteus maximus muscle are separated by an intermediate gluteal cleft or "crack" in which the anus is situated. They allow primates to sit upright comfortably without needing to rest their weight on their feet, as (for example) cats and dogs must do when they sit upright\n\nNow you know it is a muscle, not fleshy skin and fat
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There are VAST amount of different types of MD. Each one attacks its own set of muscles. Check out the link from the source.