Skating

Muscles worked

The repetitive work falls on the quadriceps across the front of the thigh, which straighten the knee and, just as importantly, control it on the way back down.

Holding a sustainable output for minutes at a time is a different demand from a heavy set, which is why fatigue here shows up as a gradual fade rather than a rep you suddenly cannot finish.

Other muscle groups are involved too: the abductors stop the knee collapsing inward and hold the pelvis square; the adductors steady the thigh against the pull away from the midline; the calves control the ankle and hold the heel position.

The glutes and hamstrings take a share of the work as well.

Every exercise for:QuadricepsAbductorsAdductorsCalvesGlutes

How this movement works

It is filed under cardio. The work is continuous and paced rather than counted in sets, so progress shows up as duration, distance or a lower heart rate at the same effort.

What you need

These train the quadriceps too, using equipment this one does not:

• Smith Machine Hack Squatsmith machine + machine
• Smith Machine Leg Pressmachine
• Snatchbarbell
• Split Jumpbody only
• Split Squat with Dumbbellsdumbbell

Difficulty

Listed at intermediate level. It assumes you already own the underlying pattern and can hold position under load — if the position breaks before the target muscle tires, drop back to a beginner variation until it does not.

Of the 173 quadriceps exercises in this database, 62 are listed at intermediate level.