Overhead Squat

If your client has an excessive forward lean during the overhead squat assessment, which muscle needs to be lengthened?

• Latissimus dorsi
• Anterior tibialis
• Abdominal Complex
• Hamstring Complex

If your client's arms fall forward during the overhead squat assessment, which muscle needs to be strengthened?

• Teres Major
• Biceps femoris (short head)
• Latissimus dorsi
• Mid/lower trapezius

If your client's feet turn out during the overhead squat assessment, which muscle would not need to be stretched?

• TFL
• Biceps femoris (short head)
• Soleus
• Lateral gastrocnemius

If your client's knees move inward during the overhead squat assessment, which muscle would be overactive and need to be stretched?

• Vastus medialis oblique (VMO)
• Gluetus medius/maximus
• Lateral gastrocnemius
• Adductor complex

If your client's low back arches during the overhead squat assessment, which muscle would not need to be stretched?

• Hip flexor complex
• Hamstring complex
• Erector spinae
• Latissimus dorsi

Which muscle does not extend the hip?

• Gluteus maximus
• Gluteus medius
• Gluteus minimus
• Semimembranosus

Which muscle's only action is to externally rotate the hip?

• Biceps femoris
• Gluteus maximus
• Piriformis
• Gluteus medius

Which muscle is not a hip flexor muscle?

• Rectus femoris
• Biceps femoris
• Adductor longus
• Iliopsoas

What is the longest muscle in the body?

• Rectus femoris
• Gracilis
• Sartorius
• Tensor fasciae latae

When the hip is flexed, the rectus femoris becomes shorter, which reduces its effectiveness as an extensor of the knee. The work is then done primarily by which muscles?

• 3 vasti muscles (vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis)
• biceps femoris (long and short heads)
• Gastrocnemius and soleus
• 3 adductor musles (brevis, longus, magnus)