G R A S P I N G T H E I M P O R T A N C E O F M A I N T A I N I N G M U S C U L A R A N D F L E X I B I L I T Y F I T N E S S

TEENS!

FIVE BENEFITS

• WORKING OUT HELPS RELEASE STRESS LEVELS AND

HELP MAKES YOU HAPPY!

• YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE (AND DANCE) FREELY

WITHOUT FEELING SORE AND HELD BACK FROM

DOING THINGS

• IT IS LESS LIKELY FOR YOU TO GET INJURED

• MAINTAINING YOUR FITNESS CAN HELP PREVENT

MANY OLD-AGING DISEASES

• YOU WILL FEEL A NEW-FOUND WANT TO PERSUE THINGS IN LIFE AND GET THINGS DONE!

THE 10 MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS

• QUADRICEPS: front of upper leg

• HAMSTRINGS: back of upper leg

• GASTROCNEMIUS: back of lower leg

• TRICEPS: back of upper arm

• BICEPS: front of upper arm

• DELTOIDS: shoulders

• PECTORALIS: chest

• TRAPEZIUS: upper back

• LATISIMUS DORSI: lower back

• ABDOMINALS: lower trunk

JOINTS

• Joints are where 2

bones come

together

• Different kinds of

joints allow for

different kinds of

movement

LIGAMENTS

• Ligaments are

tissues that link

bone to bone and

can also hold

organs in place

*LIGAMENTS ARE

SHOWN IN PINK >

MUSCLES

• Muscles are tissue that attach to bone and what are responsible for contraction and extension of bones

*THANKS TO MUSCLES, WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE AND LOWER OUR ARMS >

TENDONS

• Tendons are fibrous

tissues that connect

muscle to bone

*TENDONS BIND

MUSCLE TO BONE >