Our body has more than 700 muscles. They are responsible for our movements.
You are going to learn the name and location of the main muscles.
These muscles will take part in your stretching routine.
Have a look at the pictures of the body and click on the coloured areas or on the names to find out more from the Wikipedia.
BodyParts3D/Anatomography. Main muscles, Edited by Carmen García and Manuel Mato (CC BY-NC-SA)
Read the name of these muscles in the following table and click on the word to listen.
| Click to listen |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadriceps/Quads | Hamstrings | Calf muscles/Calves | Adductors | Pectoral/Pects | Abdominals/Abds |
| Dorsi | Biceps | Triceps | Deltoid | Trapezius | |
Quadriceps/Quads
Hamstrings
Calf muscles/Calves
Adductors
Pectoral/Pects
Abdominals/Abds
Dorsi
Biceps
Triceps
Deltoid
Trapezius
Quadriceps/Quads
Hamstrings
Adductors
Pectoral/Pects
Abdominals/Abds
Dorsi
Biceps
Triceps
Deltoid
Trapezius