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The biceps brachii, deltoid (anterior portion), brachioradialis and brachialis are used when you lift a glass to drink from it. The shoulder girdle muscles are also involved, including the trapezeus muscle across the top of your back. Chest muscles (muscles of respiration) are secondarily involved.

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