Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Ready for leg day?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Building strong, muscular quads is best done with a combination of compound exercises—squats, lunges, leg presses—and isolation ...

The quadriceps, or quads, are a group of four muscles on the front of the thigh. They are some of the largest and strongest muscles in the body. The quad muscles allow a person to stand, walk, run, ...

Exercises that target the quads can be done at home with no equipment and only your body weight, or using dumbbells and household objects for added resistance. The quadriceps femoris (quads) refers to ...

What is a Quadriceps Strain? The quadriceps, often shortened and referred to as the quads, are a group of muscles located on the front of the thigh. The quadriceps are actually four different muscles ...