Deep core muscle, priciple muscle for taking steps.

Fight or flight muscle.

Starts at the T12-

Action:

produces hip, joint flexion, anterior, pelvic tilt and trunk flexion.

Spans the anterior lumbar, pelvic, and hip jount.

*Boat Pose

Superficial muscle, spans the posterior pelvic & hip joints

Produces hip joint extension, lateral rotation, and posterior pelvic tilt.

**Warrior III

Mostly superficial muscle, spans the lateral pelvic and hip joint regions.

Abduction sideways

Action hip abduction & medial rotation.

Stretched by hip joint adduction and lateral rotation. Good example = Half Moon

Helper muscle.

Covers quad & thigh, attaches or becomes IT Band.

3rd heaviest muscle

Produces hip joint adduction and extension

streched by hip joint abduction &fexion

Deep lateral rotators, span the posterior pelvic and hip joint regions.

Produces hip joint lateral rotation.

Standing big hold & bound angle.

Quadriceps femoris

consists of 4.

• Rectus femoris-2 jointes 
• Vastus intermedious-Deep muscle  
• Vastus medialis
• Vastus lateralis- Big muscle

Longest single muscle in the body.

Not very strong, helper muscle.

Hamstring

3 muscles

All are double jointed

Biceps femoris

Semitendinosus

Semimembranosus