Which excises work each muscle...

[IEatChildren]

Also, you can work out specific parts of each muscle/group by placing yourself in a different position. For example, dips will work the lower part of your pectorals, whereas crossing your arms over in front of you as far as they'll go will work the center part of your pecs, where they meet your sternum.
Also squats will work different muscles depending on how you place your feet.
Pushups will work your pecs more if your arms are closer to your stomach and will work your shoulders much more if your arms are farther than your head.

My roommate has a book with tons of pictures, beautifully illustrated, and it tells you exactly what exercise works what part of each muscle and the proper way to do it. Very detailed and informative. It's a great book, but I can't recall the name. I'll let you know tomorrow if you'd like to know.

 

[draggoon01]

hey, when body builder does pose where he shows off both biceps (imagine grabbing your ears), there's the muscle along side of rib & under armpit that makes triangular upper body shape. (and when skinny girly men do that pose, there body straight vertically parallel). what muscle is that? lats?

also, when boxers do hook, they have muscle along side of rib that flexes. lats also? work that out doing flies?

 

[Amused]

Actually, the best way to build your biceps is to do basic compound pulling exercises to build your back. Lat pulldowns/pull ups, low and high rows and vertical rows all will help you build not only your back and lateral shoulders but your biceps as well.

Also remember that the bulk of your arm size is NOT your biceps, but your triceps. The best way to build those are basic compound pushing exercises like flat, incline bench and military presses, dips and close grip bench presses. Your biceps are VERY small muscles, and do not require much work to be over trained. If you focus on them at all, do only 2-4 sets per week of direct work on them. They get more than enough indirect work when you work your back.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

When you do chins/pulldowns/rows and basically any exercise you can vary your grip to work different muscle fibers and stimulate growth. IE. Widegrip/Close Grip/Supinated/ProSupinated Chins. You can also vary the diameter of the bar you are curling/gripping/etc to work even more muscle fibers. IE. Wrap some tape or a small towel around a dumbell you are curling.

 

[ThaPerculator]

military press primarily works your bicep and triceps but it works your "shoulder" muscle (deltoid) as well as your forarms but not that much...

Military presses don't do anything for your biceps.... its all shoulder/tricep/upper chest.

 

[draggoon01]

Originally posted by: draggoon01
hey, when body builder does pose where he shows off both biceps (imagine grabbing your ears), there's the muscle along side of rib & under armpit that makes triangular upper body shape. (and when skinny girly men do that pose, there body straight vertically parallel). what muscle is that? lats?

also, when boxers do hook, they have muscle along side of rib that flexes. lats also? work that out doing flies?

anyone?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: draggoon01

Originally posted by: draggoon01
hey, when body builder does pose where he shows off both biceps (imagine grabbing your ears), there's the muscle along side of rib & under armpit that makes triangular upper body shape. (and when skinny girly men do that pose, there body straight vertically parallel). what muscle is that? lats?

also, when boxers do hook, they have muscle along side of rib that flexes. lats also? work that out doing flies?

anyone?

That is your lat. It is built mainy through pull-ups and/or cable pull downs.

http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/LatissimusDorsi.html

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/LatissimusDorsi/WtPullup.html

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/LatissimusDorsi/CBFrontPulldown.html