# Is there a website like this? (muscles used during activities)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-like-this-muscles-used-during-activities/439620
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 29, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-like-this-muscles-used-during-activities/439620 "2008-02-29T07:52:41Z")
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-like-this-muscles-used-during-activities/439620/1 "2008-02-29T07:52:41Z")
As I split some logs today, I was surprised how much stress the act of swinging the maul put on my abdominal muscles because I hadn’t done it before. I didn’t think it would use those muscle much at all compared to one’s arms and back.
So is there any sort of website that illustrates which muscles are used when we perform mundane actions? I’d google it, but I can’t think of what I’d use as a search term.
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### Author:  [@JustThinkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinkin)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-like-this-muscles-used-during-activities/439620/2 "2008-02-29T12:57:49Z")
Bump.
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-like-this-muscles-used-during-activities/439620/3 "2008-02-29T14:18:49Z")
The [master muscle list](http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/GrossAnatomy/dissector/mml/) is the closest thing I’ve seen. [ExRx](http://www.exrx.net) also has some good information on individual exercises, although it’s far from complete.
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### Author:  [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-like-this-muscles-used-during-activities/439620/4 "2008-02-29T14:34:52Z")
I second \*\*ultrafilter’s \*\* links.
And the classic print work is probably \*Kinesiology of Exercise \* by Yessis: [http://www.amazon.com/Kinesiology-Exercise-Michael-Yessis/dp/0940279363](http://www.amazon.com/Kinesiology-Exercise-Michael-Yessis/dp/0940279363)