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Jasmine HernandezA1
Jasmine Hernandez A1 PE muscles and exercises
| Muscle | Exercise |
|---|---|
| Pectoralis (across chest) | Push-ups, bench press, dumbbell bench press , chest flies |
| Deltoid (shoulder) | Shoulder press, frontal raises, lateral raises, military press, push press |
| Bicep (front part of arm) | Dumbbell curl, barbell curl, ez bar curl, isolation curl |
| Trapezius (upper back) | reverse shoulder shrug, jump shrug, power cleans |
| Tricep (back of upper arm) | overhead dumbbells, tricep extension, narrow or close grip bench press, diamond push-ups, cable tricep extension, tricep push- downs, skull crushers |
| Latissimus Dorsi (middle of back) | Lat-pull down, pull-ups, chin-ups, bent over row |
| Rectus Abdominus (covers stomach) | sit-ups, plank, leg lifts, crunches |
| Gluteus Maximus | back squats, dead lift, leg press, mule kicks |
| Quadricep (the front of your thigh) | front squats, lunges, reverse hack squats, leg extensions |
| Hamstrings (the back of your thigh) | RDL's, leg curls, Russian curls, glute and ham machine |
| Gastrocnemius (the back portion of the lower leg) | calf presses, heel raises, side-side, jump rope |
| Pectoralis action | moves upper arm forward |
| Bicep action | bending your arm at the elbow or elbow flexion |
| Rectus Abdominus action | bends your body forward or spinal flexion |
| Deltoids action | raises your arm up above your head |
| Ticeps action | straightens out your arm or elbow extension |
| Latissimus dorsi action | pulls your arms back towards your body |
| Gluteus Maximus action | (when it contracts) it moves you leg back or hip extension |
| Trapezius action | lifts up your shoulders |
| Quadricep action | straights out leg in front or knee extension |
| Hamstrings action | bends leg at knee or knee flexion |
| Gastrocnemius action | moves you ankle or plantar flexion |
| Tendons | connects muscle to bone |
| Ligaments | connects bone to bone |
| What muscle is being worked when doing frontal raises? | Trapezius |