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    This document lists various muscles in the body, their functions, and example exercises to target each muscle. It includes major muscles in the arms, shoulders, chest, back, abdominals, glutes, and legs. For each muscle, it provides a brief description of its function and suggests one or more specific exercises that work that muscle the most.

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    Muscle

    Function

    Exercise to target this


    muscle

    Frontalis

    Movement of the forehead


    (facial expressions)

    ---

    Temporalis

    Moving mandibles (lower jaw up


    and down)

    ---

    Masseter

    Moving mandible
    (mastication/chewing)

    ---

    Trapezius

    Lateral neck and shoulder


    movement

    Barbell shrug

    Sternocleidomastoid

    Rotation of head

    ---

    Deltoid

    Rotation of arm

    Dumbbell push press

    Pectoralis Major

    Influences deltoid, allows


    humorous movement, keeps
    arms attached to trunk

    Pushup

    Serratus Anterior

    Scapula attached to trunk and


    rotation of the body

    Latissimus Dorsi

    Influences deltoid

    Lat pulls with dumbbells

    Rectus Abdominus

    Body compression

    Bicycles

    External oblique

    Body compression (rotation)

    Side plank

    Gluteus maximus

    Femur movement on frontal


    plane (front to back)

    Squats

    Gluteus medius

    Femur abduction

    Duck stand

    Biceps brachii

    Bending the arm

    Barbell bicep curls

    Triceps brachii

    Straightening the arm

    Dips

    Brachioradialis

    Rotation of the forearm

    Hammer curls (bicep curls w/


    rotation)

    Rectus femoris
    Vastus lateralis
    Vastus medialis
    Vastus intermedius

    Knee flexion (forward


    movement)

    Lunges

    Sartorius

    Rotation of the hip and the femur

    Ball squeezes in squat

    Tibialis anterior

    Bends the foot inwards

    Foot up w/ theraband

    Soleus

    Bends the foot outward


    (straightens)

    Calf raises

    Gastrocnemius

    Bends the foot outward

    (same as soleus)

    Semimembranosus
    Semitendinosus
    Biceps femoris

    Extension of the knee (leg


    backwards)

    Leg curls w/ ball

    --- = muscle isnt normally worked out

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