Leg muscles you use in running

1) The quadriceps stabilizes the knee and bend your hip (together with the hip flexors). The quadriceps also straightens your knee.

2) The hamstrings straighten your hip and the also help you lift your knee behind you.

3) The muscles of your lower leg, the soleus and gastrocnemius  extend and flex each foot.

4) The gluteal muscles (gluteus) extend the hip and stabilizes the trunk and keep you upright. 

5) Hip flexors and hip extenders move the legs forward and back. 

6) The hip rotator muscles stabilize the hip joint. 



Strong glutes and flexible hip muscles contribute to good running form and alignment. 

So, if you want to do a leg exercise or workout in the gym you have to choose one or two exercises which cover (almost) all the named muscle groups.

And - indeed - there is one exercise which covers all the muscle groups: It´s the squat (full body squat) or the back squat with weights. And when you do some rope skipping you have all you need for your leg muscles.   





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