Muscle Groups and Body building

 
   
Guide 2 Muscle Gain   >   Muscle Groups

Muscle Groups in Your Body and Appropriate Exercises

Your body contains a very large number of different muscles (far too many to list individually here) which weigh trainers, body builders, and fitness divide into muscle groups.

Here we describe the location of each muscle group in your body, and the different types of exercises which can help you build and tone that muscle group.

Please select a muscle group:
  • Abdominals
    The muscles around your abdomen ("abs").

  • Biceps
    The muscles on the front of your upper arm.

  • Calves
    The muscles on the back of your lower leg.

  • Deltoids
    The muscles which form the rounded contour of your shoulder.

  • Forearms
    The muscles of your forearm.

  • Gluteus
    The muscles of your buttocks.

  • Hamstrings
    The muscles on the rear of your thigh.

  • Hips
    The muscles of around your hips.

  • Lats
    The muscles on your back beneath each arm.

  • Lower Back
    The muscles of your lower back.

  • Pectorals
    The muscles of your chest.

  • Quadriceps
    The muscles on the front of your thigh.

  • Trapezius
    A triangular muscle connecting the neck, spine, and shoulder blade.

  • Triceps
    The muscles on the rear of your upper arm.
Here are some tables showing which exercises are most appropriate for each muscle group:

  Abs Biceps Calves Deltoids Forearms Gluteus Hamstrings Hips Lats Lower Back Pectorals Quads Trapezius Triceps
 
Back Ext
 
          Yes Some     Yes        
 
Bench Press
 
      Some             Yes     Yes
 
Bent Over Row
 
  Some     Some       Yes       Some  
 
Biceps Curl
 
  Yes                        
 
Chest Fly
 
      Some             Yes      
 
Crunch
 
Yes                          
 
Deadlift
 
        Some Yes Yes Yes Some Yes   Yes Some  
 
Hip Adductor
 
              Yes            
 
Leg Curl
 
    Some       Yes              
 
Leg Ext
 
                      Yes    
 
Leg Press
 
    Some     Yes Some         Yes    
 
Leg Raise
 
Yes             Yes            
 
Lunge
 
          Yes Yes Yes       Yes    
 
Pull-up
 
  Some   Some Some       Yes       Some  
 
Pulldown
 
  Some   Some Some       Yes          
 
Push-up
 
Some     Yes             Yes     Yes
 
Pushdown
 
                          Yes
 
Russian Twist
 
Yes                          
 
Seated Calf Raise
 
    Yes                      
 
Shoulder Fly
 
      Yes Some               Some  
 
Shoulder Press
 
      Yes                 Some Some
 
Shoulder Shrug
 
      Some Some               Yes  
 
Squat
 
Yes   Some     Yes Some Yes   Some   Yes    
 
Standing Calf Raise
 
    Yes                      
 
Triceps Ext
 
                          Yes
 
Upright Row
 
  Some   Yes Some               Yes  



   


 
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   Push-up
   Pushdown
   Russian Twist
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   Lower Back
   Pectorals
   Quadriceps
   Trapezius
   Triceps

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   Calf Raise Machine
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