The squat is an exercise aimed at stimulating the muscular capacities of the lower limbs, in particular of thighs and buttocks.
The goal of the squat, depending on the characteristics of the training card (high intensity, high volume with long tension times, springing, rebounds, half movement, full excursion etc.), can vary from: toning, advanced rehabilitation, increase in pure strength, increased resistance strength, increased hypertrophy, increased spring force, increased explosive strength etc.
The squat is, in fact, a crouch. During this movement, the muscles involved are very many indeed; in fact, in addition to primarily involving the thigh and buttock muscle areas, all those defined as "stabilizers" are recruited. In this sense, the "free" squat is much more effective than that carried out by means of the multypower tutorial structure. Moreover, in the various phases of the movement, the commitment of one or the other muscle (and, indeed, of the muscle bundles) changes in a relevant way to say the least.
It is however possible to define that, by means of the squat, the following muscles of the thigh and buttocks develop primarily: quadriceps femoris (rectus femoris, broad intermediate, broad lateral and vast medial), biceps femoris, semitendinosus, tensor fasciae latae, short adductor, large adductor, frail, pectineus, sartorius, semimembranosus, large buttock. Furthermore, secondarily, they also benefit from the practice of the squat: the other muscles of the innermost lodges of the thighs and the hip (middle and small buttocks), the calves (gastrocnemius and soleus), certain extensors of the vertebral column and the whole abdominal girdle ( rectum, transverse, oblique, lumbar, etc.).
