Anatomy 101

I am sure you have heard and even read on my blog lots of words describing body parts and possibly not really knowing where on your body they actually are! But have no fear Bone idol fitness is here to explain some of the more common anatomical parts you might come across!

Glutes are the muscles that make up your bum! Short for gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus. 

Quads are the 4 muscles that make the front part of your thigh. Short for quadriceps, which gets it's name for being made up of 4 muscles, the 3 vastus brothers the vastus  medialis, vatus intermedius and vastus  lateralis and with uncle rectus formoris to complete the set you won't be able to think of a quad bike the same again!

Hamstrings, the back of your thigh and is made up of 3 muscles semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris. 2 sound like dinosaurs and the other is great to trick muscle morons with by promising to train biceps with them then busting out the ultimate leg session!

 Bicep is the front part of your upper arm, also know as the gun show!

Tricep, the back of your upper arm, you might also know it as a bingo wing! Although generally neglected in favour of it's brother the bicep  the tricep makes up most of your upper arm! If you want to get more notably bigger arms give these the respect they deserve!

Pecs, short for Pectorals and refer to your chest and the pectoral majors

Traps short for trapezius and is the huge muscle on your back running all the way from your neck down most of the way down your spine in a kite like shape and is generally separated into the upper,mid and lower traps.

Lats, short for latisimis dorsi and are a pair of muscles that run down both sides of your back, it's name itself means "broadest muscle of the back"


The core mainly refers to your rectus abdominus, your abs and your lower back, erector spinae.
Your core also includes your pelvic floor, diaphram and the internal and external obliques, the muscles used in twisting,

This is by no means all the muscles in the body but I hope it goes some way to helping you understand the anatomical terms you may come across.