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Key Muscles and Pilates Reformer Exercise

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Here's a summary table of the muscles you requested:

Muscle Group Function Primary Muscles


Gluteus Maximus,
Extend the hip (e.g.,
Hip Extensors Hamstrings,
bridge)
Adductor Magnus (Post.)



Iliopsoas,
Rectus Femoris,
Flex the hip (e.g., leg
Hip Flexors Sartorius,
lifts)
TFL,
Pectineus


Knee Extensors Straighten the knee (e.g., Quadriceps (Rectus Femoris,
Quadricep squats) Vastus group)



Hamstrings,
Sartorius,
Knee Flexors Bend the knee (e.g.,
Gracilis,
Hamstring hamstring curls)
Popliteus,
Gastrocnemius

Hip movement
Gluteus Maximus, Medius,
Gluteus Muscles (extension, abduction,
Minimus
rotation)



Latissimus Dorsi,
Move arm toward the Teres Major,
Shoulder Adductors
body (e.g., lat pull) Pectoralis Major,
Coracobrachialis




Lift arm away from the Deltoid (Middle),
Shoulder Abductors
body Supraspinatus


Latissimus Dorsi,
Move arm backward Teres Major,
Shoulder Extensors
(e.g., row) Posterior Deltoid,
Triceps (long head)

, Deltoid (Middle),
Arm Abductors Lift arm away from body
Supraspinatus



Pectoralis Major,
Arm Adductors Bring arm toward body Latissimus Dorsi,
Teres Major


Rectus Abdominis,
Bend spine forward (e.g.,
Trunk Flexors Obliques,
crunches)
Psoas Major

Erector Spinae,
Straighten spine (e.g.,
Trunk Extensors Multifidus,
back extensions)
Quadratus Lumborum


Shoulder Internal /
Subscapularis
Medial Rotation


Shoulder
Infraspinatus
External/Lateral
Teres Major
Rotation

Gluteus Medius
Move Leg Away from Gluteus Minimus
Hip Abductor
Midline Tensor Fasciae Latae
Sartorius
Adductor Longus
Adductor Brevis
Hip Adductor Adductor Magnus
Gracilis
Pectineus




adducting and internally rotating the shoulder joint;
Latissimus Dorsi
essentially, pulling the arm towards the body.

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