Anatomy Muscle Location, Core Muscle Groups

Abdominals, Chest and Shoulder Muscle Locations

Diagrams for anatomy muscle location are a good general reference of what muscle groups your are exercising in a core workout. Visually, the give a sense of the inter-connections between core muscles and the importance of a balanced workout program.

For example the hip adductor muscles are actually connected to the muscles of the lower back. So performing adductor stretches (such as hooking up your legs to a hip adductor machine and squeezing your legs together) will help strengthen your lower back. This would be a key benefit to your posture at address in the golf swing and also help keep your balance and stability while you coil into the back swing.

Figure 1, below illustrates the muscle locations for the core muscle groups including the abdominal, chest and shoulder regions.

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Back Muscle Locations

A balanced approach to your exercise program will help produce proportional development of your core. Muscle symmetry is important to produce consistency in your golf swing.

Figure 2, below illustrates the locations for the back and shoulder muscle groups.

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