What muscles are used when a baby walks?
There are many different muscles involved in walking. Babies
that can walk are more commonly called toddlers. The main muscles
of walking are in the legs, they include the quadriceps,
hamstrings, gastrocnemius, soleus, adductors, hip fexors, tibialis
anterior, and peroneus. Other accessory muscles would be the
abdominals and erector spinae to help them be erect. And to help
with the arm movements to keep their bodies in balance as they walk
would be the pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi, deltoids and
trapezius. There are so many muscles involved in walking, that many
experts consider it the best exercise any of us can do, even
toddlers.