Overview
The human body can be broken down into different muscles and muscle groups. The muscles can be worked and strengthened by exercise. This table shows major muscles and the exercises used to work and strengthen that muscle.
Exercise | Quad- riceps |
Ham- strings |
Calves | Gluteus | Hips other |
Trapezius | Pectorals | Lats | Deltoids | Triceps | Biceps | Fore- arms |
Ab- dominals |
Lower back |
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Squat | Yes | Some | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | |||||||
Leg press | Yes | Some | Some | Yes | ||||||||||
Lunge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
Deadlift | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some | Some | Some | Yes | ||||||
Leg extension | Yes | |||||||||||||
Leg curl | Yes | Some | ||||||||||||
Standing calf raise | Yes | |||||||||||||
Seated calf raise | Yes | |||||||||||||
Hip adductor | Yes | |||||||||||||
Bench press | Yes | Some | Some | |||||||||||
Chest fly | Yes | Some | Some | Some | Some | |||||||||
Pulldown | Yes | Some | Some | Some | ||||||||||
Pull-up | Some | Yes | Some | Some | Some | |||||||||
Bent-over row | Some | Yes | Some | Some | ||||||||||
Upright row | Some | Yes | Some | Some | Some | |||||||||
Shoulder press | Some | Yes | Some | |||||||||||
Shoulder fly | Some | Yes | Some | |||||||||||
Shoulder shrug | Yes | Some | Some | |||||||||||
Pushdown | Yes | |||||||||||||
Triceps extension | Yes | |||||||||||||
Biceps curl | Yes | |||||||||||||
Crunch | Yes | |||||||||||||
Leg raise | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
Back extension | Some | Yes | Yes |
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