CPTN Certified Personal Trainer

Anatomy

This area will focus on the muscular and skeletal systems.

Areas to be covered:

  • Muscle origin
  • Muscle function
  • Tendons & ligaments
  • Joints Muscle contraction dynamics

Key concepts:

  • To know the location of muscles, tendons and ligaments
  • To understand the terminology for joint actions e.g. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, rotation
  • To identify and locate the different types of joints
  • To apply the terms isometric, isotonic, eccentric, concentric.

References:

Behnke, Robert S. (2001) Kinetic Anatomy, Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.

Delavier, F. (2001) Strength Training Anatomy, Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.

Delavier, F. (2003) Women's Strength Training Anatomy, Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.

Thompson, J.S. (1989) Core Anatomy (Second Edition) Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.