Muscles or a muscle group that can be improved by fitness exercises:
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Quadriceps: Located in the front of your thigh, these muscles are strengthened by exercises like squats, lunges, and leg presses.
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Hamstrings: Situated at the back of your thigh, these muscles can be strengthened with exercises like deadlifts, hamstring curls, and Romanian deadlifts.
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Glutes: These are the muscles of your buttocks. Exercises like squats, lunges, hip thrusts, and deadlifts can help strengthen and tone them.
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Calves: The muscles in your lower leg can be targeted with exercises like calf raises, both seated and standing variations.
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Core muscles: This includes muscles like the rectus abdominis, obliques, and transverse abdominis. Exercises such as Planks, crunches, Russian twists, and leg raises can help strengthen your core.
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Back muscles: Muscles like the latissimus dorsi, rhomboids, and erector spinae can be strengthened with exercises like pull-ups, rows, and deadlifts.
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Chest muscles: The pectoralis major and minor muscles can be targeted with exercises like bench presses, push-ups, and chest flies.
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Shoulder muscles: The deltoids, which are the muscles of the shoulder, can be worked with exercises like shoulder presses, lateral raises, and front raises.
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Biceps and triceps: The biceps, located in the front of your upper arm, and the triceps, located at the back, can be targeted with exercises like bicep curls, tricep dips, and tricep extensions.
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Leg muscles: In addition to the quadriceps and hamstrings mentioned earlier, other leg muscles like the adductors and abductors can be targeted with exercises like inner and outer thigh exercises, lunges, and step-ups.
These are just a few examples, and there are many more muscles in the body that can be improved with targeted fitness exercises.
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