AQA GCSE PE: Muscle groups

Physical education teaching is our speciality! This video will prepare you for for AQA GCSE PE Paper 1 and will teach you all about the main muscle groups of the body and what movements they perform. James also mentions the role of the tendons in achieving skeletal movement.

Covered in this video:
• Latissimus dorsi and shoulder adduction.
• Deltoids and shoulder abduction.
• Rotator cuff and shoulder stability.
• Pectorals and breathing.
• Biceps and elbow flexion.
• Triceps and elbow extension.
• Abdominals and breathing.
• Hip flexors and hip flexion.
• Gluteals and hip extension.
• Hamstrings and knee flexion.
• Quadriceps and knee extension.
• Gastrocnemius and plantar flexion.
• Tibialis anterior and dorsiflexion.
• Sternocleidomastoid and breathing.
• The role of tendons.

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