location of major muscles

Deltoids

Shoulder muscles involved in all shoulder movements

Pectorals

Chest muscles engaged in bench press or push ups

Biceps

Front upper arm muscles used in arm curls

Trapezius

Triangular upper back muscles used for shrugging and moving shoulder blades

Tricep

Back upper arm muscle to extend elbow

Abdominals

Stomach muscles used in sit ups motion

Quadriceps

Upper leg muscles, the body’s largest, used in kicking

Gluteals

Button muscles used to extend the leg at the hip

Hamstrings

Back upper leg muscle used to flex the knee

Latissimus dorsi

Side back muscles crucial for rowing

Gastrocnemius

Lower back leg muscles used to raise the heel

Sporting example of trapezium

Shrugging off a defender in American football

Sporting example of quadriceps

Diving for disc

Sporting example of deltoid

Throwing long pass in American football

Sporting example for abdominals

Staying on feet

Sporting example for Tricep

Pushing shot away as a gk