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quads
Your quads are responsible for moving two of the joints used in running, your knee joint
and your hip joint. The work together to straighten your knees and bend your hips.
If you are interested in strengthening your quad muscles consider doing squats and
lunges. Increasing strength in your muscles apart from running can decrease your risk of
injury and increase your speed.
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hamstrings
The semitendinosus,
The semimembranosus, and
The biceps femoris (two parts: long head and short head).
These four parts of your hamstrings allows you to flex your knees. The semitendinosus,
semimembranosus and the long head biceps femoris work together to extend the hips. As
you may have noticed, your hamstrings work opposite your quads in how your knees and
hips move, creating a systematic medley that works well for you body.
The gluteus macimus, also pictured though not labeled, is the largest of the gluteal
muscles. You will recognize it easily as it is the muscle that contributes most to creating
the shape of the buttocks, better known as butt or rear-end.
This muscle will help you keep proper erect posture by extending your hips.
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iliopsoas
As you can see on the picture to your right, the shortest muscle, the iliacus, begins on
your pelvic crest (the iliac fossa) and stretches over to your thigh bone (femur). The
larger of the muscles, the psoas major, stretches from your T-12 spinal vertebrae to your
L-5 spinal vertebrae and there attaches to the femur.
These two muscles work together to help your hips flex.
The iliopsoas are often the culprit behind sever hip pain. If you experience hip pain while
running, you should stop your routine immediately, and go see your doctor or a
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chiropractic specialist. Do not begin running again until they have determined it to be
safe.
calf muscles
Calf Muscles
Your calf muscles are located on the back of you leg, below your knee. Though many
anatomists see the calf muscle to be a single muscle (triceps surae), most say that it is a
muscle group, like your quads and hip flexors. This group consists of two main muscles,
the:
Your calf muscles will allow you to flex your knee and planter flex your ankle. Like your
quads, your calf muscles can be strengthened by doing squats. Other good strengthbuilding exercises would include calf muscle raises and skipping!
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Your abdominals are located at your abdomen. These muscles will allow you to maintain
good posture during your workout, helping you to prevent injury and maximizing your
time.
Your biceps brachii (better known as your biceps), are located above your elbow and
allows you to rotate your forearms and flex your elbows. You will only use this muscle if
your elbow is bent, making your running more efficient.
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Primary
Supporting
Auxiliary
The quadriceps femoris also called the quadriceps or the quadriceps extensor or the
quads is actually a muscle group that comprises several ones on the front of a thigh,
including:
A quadriceps muscle group on a thigh moves two joints the hip joint and the knee joint
specifically to flex (bend) the hip and to extend (straighten) the knee.
The hamstring comprises four on the back of the left or right thigh, including:
The semitendinosus
The semimembranosus
The biceps femoris long head
The biceps femoris short head
All four in a hamstring move a knee joint specifically to flex the knee.
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Three of the four in a hamstring move a hip joint specifically to extend the hip.
Because the biceps femoris short head crosses only one joint the knee it does not
participate in hip extension.
The gluteus maximus is one of the three gluteal muscles, is the most superficial and
largest among them, and is the primary contributor to the shape of the buttocks.
The primary purpose of the gluteus maximus is to maintain the trunk of the body in the
erect posture that is, to extend the hip. This explains why other primates, which
ambulate on all fours, tend to have much flatter buttocks than the buttocks of humans.
The iliopsoas also called the hip flexors is actually a muscle group that comprises
two muscles:
The iliacus
The psoas major
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The iliacus, which is the shorter of these two, originates on the iliac fossa of the ilium (on
the pelvic crest) and attaches on the femur (the thigh bone). The psoas major originates
on the T-12 to L-5 vertebrae (of the spine) and attaches to the femur.
The iliopsoas with the psoas major doing the majority of the work supports hip
flexion.
The calf muscle considered by some anatomists to be a single muscle called the
triceps surae is usually seen as a muscle group that comprises:
The gastrocnemius
The soleus
The purpose of the calf muscle is to plantar flex the ankle and to flex the knee.
The Supporting Muscles
The supporting ones used in running include:
The biceps brachii also known more simply as the biceps is a muscle on the upper
arm whose purpose is to rotate the forearm and to flex the elbow. Because running is
more efficient when the elbow is bent, the biceps brachii supports running.
The upper abdominals comprises the muscles in the upper half of the abdomen.
The lower abdominals comprises those in the lower half of the abdomen.
Together, the upper and lower abdominals support the core strength that runners need for
maintaining good posture, which is crucial for maximizing performance and avoiding
injury. Because running can cause a lot of rotation of the spine, it is important to have
strong upper and lower abdominals to stabilize the spine and to minimize the dissipation
of energy during the transfer of power to the extremities.
The Auxiliary Muscles
Some would say that technically there are no auxiliary ones used in running. But others
would point out that your entire body is involved when running and therefore that you
could list ones such as these:
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Running Uphill
During uphill running, the muscles most activated are the adductors, biceps femoris,
gluteals, gastrocnemius and the vastus group of the thigh -- vastus lateralis, vastus
medialis and vastus intermedius. This is due to the greater forces generated to extend the
knee and hip while running uphill. The biceps femoris is one of the hamstring muscles
used during push-off and at the beginning of the swing phase. The gastrocnemius is used
mostly during the push-off phase, but is also active during heel strike.
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