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MAJOR

MUSCLE
GROUPS
OUR BODY CONSIST OF SEVERAL MUSCLE
GROUPS.IT HELPS IN STABILITY, MOVEMENT
AND OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY.
• DELTOID

• PECTORAL MUSCLE

• BICEP AND TRICEP

• ABDOMINAL MUSCLES

• QUADRICEPS AND HAMSTRING

• GLUTE

• CALVES

• TRAPEZIUS

• LATSIMUS DORSI

• ERECTOR SPINE
1.DELTOID
1.DELTOID
It Stabilises Shoulder Joints,and Help In
Lifting,pushing And Throwing.
2.PECTORIAL MUSCLE
2.PECTORIAL MUSCLE

It Is Located At The Chest And


Helps In Pushing Hings
Away From Body.
3.BICEPS
AND TRICEPS
BICEPS BRACHII SUPPORTS INWARD
FLEXING OF ARM AND TRICEPS HELPS
IN EXTENDING THE ELOW.
3.BICEPS
BOH ARE SITUATED IN THE UPPER ARM
AND TRICEPS
AND STABILISATION OF SHOULDER IS
DONE BY BICEPS.

THEY HELP IN LIFTING ,PULLING AND


PUSHING.
4.ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
4.ABDOMINAL MUSCLES

•LOCATED IN ABDOMEN
•CORE STABILITY
•SUPPORT POSTURE
•SUPPORTD FLEXING(ROTATING
BODY)

STRONG ABS ARE NEEDED TO


MAINTAIN SPINAL ALIGNMENT
AND TRANSFER ENERGY BW
UPPER AND LOWER BODY
DURING LIFTING.
5.QUADRICEPS AND HAMSTRINGS

HAMSTRINGS HELPS IN
BENDING KNEES AND
EXTENDING HIPS

IT HELPS IN
WALKING,RUNNING,JUM
PING AND SQUATTING.
5.QUADRICEPS AND HAMSTRINGS

QUADRICEPS HELPS
EXTENDING (STRAIHTEN
UP) AND ASSIST HIP
FLEXION (LIFTING THIGHS).

BOTHS QUADS AND


HAMSTRING ARE LOCATED
IN HIP AND HELP IN THE
MOVEMENT.
6. GLUTES
• LOCATED IN BUTTOCKS

• GLUTUS MAXIMUS HELPS IN


EXTENDING HIP AND
LATERAL ROTATION OF LEGS

• GLUTEUS MEDIUS AN
MINIMUS HELPS IN
ABDUCTING HIP AND
STABILISING PELVIS WHILE
WALKING,STANDING ON
ONE LEG AND RUNNING
7. CALVES
• GASTROCNEMIUS
SOLEUS
• IT IS LOCATD IN LOWER
LEG AND SUPPORT
MOVEMENT OF ANKLE
AND FOOT
• IT HELPS IN POINTING
FOOT FRONT AND
STABILISES BODY
DURING WALKING AND
IS ESSENTIAL FOR
RUNNING, JUMPING AND
MAINTAINIG BALANCE.
8.TRAPIZEUS MUSCLES
8.TRAPIZEUS MUSCLES

•UPPER BACK AND


NECK
•SUPPORTS AND
MOVE SHOULDER
BLADES
•SHRUGGING
SHOULDER,SUBTRAC
TING
SCAPULA,TILTING
HEAD SIDEWAYS
•MAINTAINS POSTURE
9.LATISSIMUS DORSI
9.LATISSIMUS DORSI
•MID BACK

•MOVEMENT OF
SHOULDER
JOINT

•SHOULDER
ABDUCTON

•INTERNAL
ROTATION

•HELPS IN
PULLING
EXERCISE
10.ERECTOR SPINE
IT LIES ALONG SPINE AND MAINTAIM THE SPINAL ALIGNMENT
AND IT PROVIDES STABILITY WHILE BENDING SIDEWAYS AND
ARCHING BACKWARDS AND MAINTAINS POSTURE
TH A N K
YOU

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