Strength on the quadriceps
The ability of a muscle to be able to contract with a high level of force is an essential quality for performing many sports activities.
Because the quadriceps are muscles which enable you to tense the knees, these muscles are considered priorities for all sports requiring running, jumping or a pedaling type movement.
Voluntary training is capable of leading to an improvement in the maximum strength of a muscle. However, for this progress to be significant, you have to train intensively, such as for example with heavy weights for voluntary muscle building exercises.
The "strength" programs impose extremely powerful contractions involving the quick muscle fibers and entail a significant improvement in maximum strength. The numerous research works carried out by Gilles Cometti at the Performance Expertise Center of the University of Dijon prove this.
