Why does muscle training matter? Your quadriceps and TFL play a huge role in how your legs move and how stable your hips and core actually are. When these muscles are undertrained, performance drops and injury risk goes up. Weak quads often show up as knee pain, hip issues, lower-back discomfort, or a general feeling of instability. When they’re not doing their job, the body compensates up and down the chain — and that’s usually where pain starts. The TFL is just as important. It helps control h

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