Learn The Anterior Muscles
VideoJug user MassageNerd takes you through the anterior muscles on the human body. From head to toes, the is a comprehensive guide to the human anterior muscles.
Step 1: Face
Lets learn where the muscles are located at. First one Frontalis, right up here in the front. Orbicularis Oculi, oculi actually means around the eye. Next one Masseter, right in your cheek region, actually means chewing. Orbicularis oris, around your mouth, that's what it means.
Step 2: Neck & Shoulders. Set 1.
Next one Scalenes, really deep muscles right here, considered breathing muscles. Sternocleidomastoid, actually explains where it is at, sternum right here, cleido means clavicle and mastoid process right up here. Trapezius, that's more of the posterior muscle, but you can see a little bit from the anterior side.
Step 3: Chest & Arm. Set 1
Coracobrachealis, coraco actually means crow's beak, brachealis arm, this is a small muscle right there. Next one Serratus anterior, right in the side. External obliques, the side abdominal muscles. Pronator teres actually helps pronate your forearm, right in this region here. Rectus abdominus, your six pack muscle. Flexor digitorum, so it actually helps flex your digits. Psoas major, really deep muscle.
Step 4: Leg. Set 1
Pectineus, right in that groin region. Adductor brevis, just a little bit inferior to the pectineus, actually helps adduct your leg. Adductor longus, little bit more inferior. Soleus it's mostly in the posterior part, that's a really deep muscle, it's a part of your calf region.
Step 5: Shoulder, Chest & Arm. Set 2
Let's go to the other side, Deltoid, some people call it shoulder pad muscle. Pectoralis minor, it's underneath the Pectoralis major, easy way to remember that Pectoralis major helps protect minor. Biceps brachii, lot of people know it as biceps. Brachealis its right underneath the biceps and its actually the strongest elbow flexor. Supernator actually helps supernate your forearm. Bracheoradialis explains where it is at bracheo arm, radialis on the radial bone there. Palmaris longus, that also explains where it is at, it actually goes down to your palm region. Flexor carpi ulnaris explains where it's at too, on the flexor side goes down to the carpel region and it falls along the ulnar bone. Another pronator muscle right in this region Pronator quadratus.
Step 6: Leg. Set 2
Tensor fascia lata, the lateral muscle here on your side. Sartorius, muscle that actually crosses over, longest muscle in the body. Rectus femoris, part of the quadricep muscles, is the main one here. Vastus lateralis another quad muscle lateral side. Vastus medialis, another quad muscle medial side. Tibialis anterior, right here. The Peroneals, lateral side of the leg. And Extensor Digitorum Longus, so it kind of explains where it is at, extensor side goes down to the digits and it's long.
Step 7: Study
Let me give you some time to actually practice this yourself. Otherwise you can pause this video so you can locate them yourself then.
