Muscle Group of the Week: Quadriceps

Muscle Group of the Week: Quadriceps

Muscle Group of the Week: Quadriceps The quadriceps femoris – known as the quadriceps extensors, quads, or the quadriceps – is a group of four different muscles on the anterior thigh.  Quadriceps femoris is a Latin term that translates to “four-headed muscle of the...
Muscle Group of the Week: Calves

Muscle Group of the Week: Calves

Muscle Group of the Week: Calves The posterior lower leg consists of two main calf muscles known as the gastrocnemius and the soleus. Superficial to the soleus, the gastrocnemius is a two-headed muscle running from the posterior surface of the calcaneus (heel bone) up...