vastus

The quadriceps are four powerful muscles which include: the rectus femoris, the vastus lateralis, the vastus medialis, and the vastus intermedius. The three vastus muscles originate (begin/attach) to the upper part of the femur or thigh bone and cross the knee joint. This means their main job is...

What kind of things will make you back off for a day or week or whatever? I occassionally have days where I'm just crazy strong. On those days I always hurt myself if I push it so those are my crazy high rep and volume days. Other times the inner part of my quads near my vastus medialis will get...

by Ed Barillas, It is very common for someone to experience pain after injecting either underground lab or pharmaceutical grade drugs and it always leaves people wondering what the causes are. I will try to explain the 3 major causes of this pain and give advice on how to avoid it. The glutes...

Front squat versus back squat Makes no difference to your leg muscles For your leg muscles it makes no difference whether you bring the bar down behind your neck or let it rest at the front of your torso on your shoulders when doing squats. Sports scientists at the University of Florida...

Box squat nearly as good as regular squat A normal squat stimulates your leg muscles a bit better than a box squat – the version where you sit for a second on a box at the lowest point of the movement. But the difference between the two variations is minuscule , say sports scientists at...