Leave 25% of your food on the plate at every meal, says weight-loss expert James O. Hill, PhD, author of The Step Diet. Save what's remaining as leftovers for a yummy lunch the next day. If you normally eat 2,000 calories or more each day, youâll cut 500 calories.
Your hamstrings are located on the back of your thigh and work along with the muscles of your hip to power you along the ground. Your quadriceps, at the front of your thigh, extends your knee to take the next step and absorb the impact of your landing and get a good workout as you run.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Your quadriceps, hamstrings, calf muscles, hip flexors, lower back, lower abdominals, and your glutes are worked doing lunges. Your quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes are the main muscles worked, the rest are secondary. Your quadriceps, hamstrings, calf muscles, hip flexors, lower back, lower abdominals, and your glutes are worked doing lunges.