| | Squat Resource: Information and Research on the Squat Exercise | Jamie Carruthers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | In fact, the issue of whether the LDF is activated by the abdominals or the latissimus dorsi is irrelevant because neither strategy appeared able to generate sizable extensor moments in the type of lift studied. |
 | | Therefore, the purposes of this study were 1) to determine muscle recruitment patterns of the gluteus maximus, hamstrings, quadriceps, and gastrocnemius during an unloaded squat exercise via EMG and 2) to describe the amount of hamstring-quadriceps co-contraction during an unloaded squat. |
 | | The muscles were chosen for their attachments to the thoracolumbar fascia and their potential to act on the trunk, pelvis, and hips. |
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