The Squat

The squat is a great workout for building a strong lower body for offensive linemen. The muscle that you use when performing this workouts are the quadriceps and hamstring muscles. The hamstring has semitendinosus, the semimembranosus and the biceps femoris. The quadricepses have Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus medialis, Vastus intermedius. When performing your squat you want to keep your neck up and back straight. You want to keep your phalanges gripped tightly to the bar. You want to bend down in till your thighs become parallel to the floor. Then you want to push yourself back up using your legs.  Normally you would like to do this for 5 sets of 5 reps for power training.