Hamstrings are the main muscle engaged when the leg is up in front of you pressing down, like in a squat. Glutes are most engaged to swing the leg back behind/push the hips forward past the vertical plane, like in a sprint.
Sled drags and prowler pushes are great exercises for building up the development of 'whole body' force starting from the legs; the lower/more horizontal your angle of attack the more the hamstrings get engaged, while the higher/more vertical your angle the more the glutes get engaged (and also more core engaged too, to keep the spine stiff against the more perpendicular forces applied).
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