Muscle Chart

Muscles

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Muscle Name	Muscle Function	Effect of Toning
Deltoids (delts)	Give your shoulders their range of movement. Raise your arms sideways at the shoulder.	Provides a sharper, less rounded shape to the shoulders.
Pectorals (pecs)	Used for pushing or hugging something. Raise your arms, and draw them across the chest.	Men: increase chest size and definition. Women: help to lift the bust.
Trapezius	Hold and rotate the shoulders. Move your head back, and from side to side.	Sculpt the back of the shoulders. Help to ward off back and neck pain.
Biceps	Bend your arm at the elbow.	Give shape and definition to the upper arm.
Triceps	Staighten your arm at the elbow. Also used in pushing.	Help to get rid of excess flesh that hangs down when the arm is held out.
Abdominals (abs)	Pull in the abdomen. Also flex the spine, when bending forward.	Help to hold in that paunch.
Obliques	Pull in the abdomen.	Get rid of those "love handles".
Latissimus Dorsi (lats)	Pull the arm down at the shoulder. Draw the arm across the chest.	Help to tone the waistline.
Gluteals (glutes)	Pull your leg back at the hip. Raise the leg sideways.	Help to shape the butt.
Quadriceps	Straighten the leg at the knee. Keep the leg staight when standing.	Help to shape the upper leg.
Hamstrings	Bend your leg at the knee.	Help to shape the upper leg.
Adductors	Pull your legs together.	Help to shape the upper leg.
Gastrocnemius (calf)	Staighten the ankle joint when you stand on your toes.	Help to shape the lower leg.