THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM
TYPES OF MUSCLE
SMOOTH MUSCLE
CARDIAC MUSCLE
SKELETAL MUSCLE
SMOOTH MUSCLE
SURROUNDS THE BODY’S INTERNAL ORGANS
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHEN THEY CONTRACT INVOLUNTARY
CARDIAC MUSCLE
ONLY FOUND IN THE HEART
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING THE HEART
INVOLUNTARY
SKELETAL MUSCLE
ARE ATTACHED TO THE BONES
MAKE UP 30-40% OF OUR WEIGHT
RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVEMENT
VOLUNTARY
MUSCLES OF THE UPPER BODY
DELTOIDS (DELTS)-MADE UP OF 3 MUSCLES (ANTERIOR, LATERAL, POSTERIOR)-ALL 3 TOGETHER ALLOW YOU TO RAISE YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD TOWARDS THE CEILING
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ANTERIOR DELTOIDS
ALLOW YOU TO RAISE YOUR ARMS STRAIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU
LATERAL DELTOIDS ALLOW YOU TO RAISE YOUR ARMS STRAIGHT OUT TO
THE SIDE TOWARD THE CEILING
POSTERIOR DELTOIDSALLOW YOU TO EXTEND YOUR ARMS BACKWARDS
TRAPEZIUS (TRAPS)
KITE-SHAPED MUSCLE THAT SPANS UP INTO YOUR NECK AND DOWN THE CENTER OF YOUR BACK
ALLOW YOU TO SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS
LATISSIMUS DORSI (LATS)
THE LARGEST MUSCLE IN YOUR BACKGIVES YOUR BACK A ‘V-SHAPE’
YOUR LATS ENABLE YOU TO PULL DOWN AND TOWARDS YOURSELF
RHOMBOIDS
THESE MUSCLES RUN ACROSS YOUR BACK FROM YOUR SPINE TO THE INSIDE BORDER OF YOUR SHOULDER BLADE (SCAPULA)
ALLOW YOU TO PULL TOWARDS YOURSELF
PECTORALS(PECS)
LOCATED ON YOUR CHEST
ALLOW YOU TO PULL YOUR ARMS ACROSS YOUR CHEST
ALLOW YOU TO PUSH OUT IN FRONT OF YOU
BICEPS (BIS)
Located on the front of your upper arm
-allow you to bend your arm at the elbow
TRICEPS
-MADE UP OF 3 MUSCLES (heads)
ALLOW YOU TO STRAIGHTEN YOUR ARMS AT THE ELBOW
BRACHIORADIALIS
ONE OF THE MUSCLES LOCATED ON THE FOREARM
ALLOWS YOU TO FLEX AND ROTATE YOUR WRIST
RECTUS ABDOMINUS (ABS)
-EXTEND DOWN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR ABDOMEN FROM THE RIBCAGE TO YOUR PELVIS-GIVES YOU THE ‘6 PACK’ LOOK
ALLOW YOU TO BRING YOUR TORSO TOWARDS YOUR LOWER BODY
ALLOW YOU TO BRING YOUR LOWER BODY TOWARDS YOUR UPPER BODY
OBLIQUES
LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR WAIST
THEY HELP YOU BEND SIDEWAYS AND ROTATE YOUR TORSO
ROTATOR CUFF MUSCLES
-SURROUND THE SHOULDER JOINT-KEEP THE SHOULDER FROM DISLOCATING
ROTATOR CUFF EXERCISES
ERECTOR SPINAE
RUNS DOWN THE LENGTH OF YOU R SPINE
-TO SUPPORT THE SPINE-TO EXTEND THE SPINE
FUNCTION OF THE ERECTOR SPINAE
MUSCLES OF THE LOWER BODY
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS(GLUTS)
THE LARGEST MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MOVEMENT THAT INVOLVES SQUATTING
GLUTEUS MEDIUS
LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF YOUR HIPS
NEEDED TO EXTEND THE LEG OUTWARD TO THE SIDE(ABDUCT) AND BACKWARDS SLIGHTLY
QUADRICEPS
LOCATED ON THE FRONT OF THE UPPER LEG
MADE UP OF 4 MUSCLES
-NEEDED TO STRAIGHTEN THE LEG AT
THE KNEE
HAMSTRINGS
3 MUSCLES LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE UPPER LEG
-ALLOW YOU TO BEND YOUR LEGS AT THE KNEE (FLEX)
ABDUCTORS
A GROUP OF MUSCLES LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE
UPPER LEG
ALLOW YOU TO MOVE YOUR LEG AWAY FROM THE BODY
ADDUCTORS
A GROUP OF MUSCLES LOCATED ON THE INSIDE PART OF THE UPPER LEG
ALLOW YOU TO PULL THE LEG BACK TOWARD THE BODY (ADDUCT THE LEG)
CALVESGastrocnemius and Soleus
-2 muscles located on the back of the lower leg
THE GASTROCNEMIUS AND SOLEUS ARE BOTH WORKED BY DOING HEEL RAISES IN A STANDING POSITION
WHEN DOING TOE RAISES IN A SEATED POSITION, YOU ARE ONLY WORKING YOUR SOLEUS
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR
LOCATED ON THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE LOWER LEG
-ALLOW S YOU TO ‘TAP’ YOUR TOES
ILIOPSOAS(HIP FLEXORS)
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE THIGH UP TO THE ABDOMEN
EXAMPLES-CORE OR LOWER AB EXERCISES-STEP UPS