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than an adductor. In many functional tasks—like getting "out of the hole" in a deep squat—it generates more extension torque than the actual hamstrings or gluteus maximus because of its favorable leverage when the hip is flexed. American Physiological Society Journal Clinical Significance & Sports

While its name suggests it only "adducts" (brings the legs together), the adductor magnus is a multi-functional stabilizer: