Instead of simply learning where a muscle is, you’ll explore how it functions within real-life movement, how joints interact, and how the nervous system influences performance.
This course is for personal trainers, S&C coaches, physical therapists, and movement professionals who want to:
This module focuses on essential lower body movement patterns: the hip hinge, squat, lunge, and trunk rotation. You’ll learn how the glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, and core muscles coordinate to produce efficient, stable movement and how to correct common movement faults for better performance and reduced injury risk.
This module covers key upper body muscles, including the pectoralis major and minor, trapezius, rhomboids, latissimus dorsi, teres major, and serratus anterior. You’ll explore the structure and function of the deltoid and rotator cuff muscles, their role in movement and joint stability, and how to optimize shoulder training through biomechanics.
In this module, you will build a strong foundation for understanding human movement. We’ll introduce the purpose and goals of the course, explain why functional anatomy matters, and explore the basics of biomechanics—the science of how forces interact with the body. You’ll learn the difference between structure (anatomy) and motion (biomechanics) and how form dictates function.
This module deepens your understanding of how different movement patterns and muscle actions shape human performance. You’ll explore open vs. closed kinetic chain exercises, how contraction types and movement planes influence strength and stability, and master key concepts for analyzing movement and designing training programs.
This module introduces fundamental anatomical movement terms for analyzing and coaching human motion. You’ll learn key actions such as flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and internal and external rotation, and understand how they relate to different joints and planes of movement.
This module covers key upper body muscles, including the pectoralis major and minor, trapezius, rhomboids, latissimus dorsi, teres major, and serratus anterior. You’ll explore the structure and function of the deltoid and rotator cuff muscles, their role in movement and joint stability, and how to optimize shoulder training through biomechanics.
In this module, we explore the major muscles of the core and trunk, including the rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, obliques, erector spinae, and quadratus lumborum. You’ll learn how these muscles provide dynamic movement, resist unwanted motions, and transfer forces efficiently across the body.
This module focuses on essential lower body movement patterns: the hip hinge, squat, lunge, and trunk rotation. You’ll learn how the glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, and core muscles coordinate to produce efficient, stable movement and how to correct common movement faults for better performance and reduced injury risk.
This Advanced Biomechanics module explores advanced biomechanics critical for improving running mechanics, reducing injury risk, and enhancing athletic performance. You’ll explore the gait cycle, plyometric principles, late-stance hip mechanics, core rotation, and foot strike optimization.
This final module presents a holistic biomechanics-based training philosophy integrating skeletal mechanics, neuromuscular control, and adaptive programming. You’ll learn how to assess client readiness, adjust exercises to individual needs, apply concepts like reciprocal inhibition, and design sustainable programs that build strength, stability, and mobility over time.
Master functional anatomy and biomechanics
As soon as you enroll in, you will have full lifetime access to the course material. (No time limitation)
Follow along with engaging, structured video lessons.
Access with a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.
A certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion will be provided to each participant upon completion of the course.
When enrolling in Muscle and Motion online courses, you get continuing education credits/units from several different institutions.
DPT, CSCS
This course developed with Matt Casturo, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, to improve your understanding of human movement. Matt received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from The Ohio State University in 2021, and his Bachelors in Exercise Science from The Ohio State University.
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Bringing Anatomy to Life
We specialize in turning anatomy into action. Backed by a team of physical therapists, fitness experts, and world-class animators, Muscle and Motion creates 3D animations that make biomechanics simple, visual, and unforgettable. Trusted by universities and professionals around the globe, we’re here to help you understand the body in motion like never before.
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This course is approved for CEUs
This course is designed for personal trainers, physiotherapists, fitness trainers, coaches, and movement therapists. Join thousands of professionals who are redefining their approach to movement science.
• Personal Trainers
• Sports Coaches and Fitness Instructors
• Physical Therapists
• Sports Science Students
• Rehabilitation Specialists
• Dance Instructors
• Martial Arts Trainers
• Occupational Therapists
• Yoga and Pilates Instructors
• Individuals Seeking Knowledge of Movement Anatomy
This course goes beyond memorizing facts — it trains you to think critically, assess movement with purpose, and make smarter coaching and rehab decisions. You’ll bridge theory and practice to truly master the science of movement.
Learn to adjust training stress: sometimes a lighter load is the smarter choice.
Know when to simplify or increase movement complexity based on readiness or injury.
Understand how stiffness can protect but also limit, and how to address it with mobility and strength.
Think locally and globally: discover how the right cue can transform movement quality.
• Enroll in the course.
• View the course content.
• Take the test. (Score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
• Print your certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion
This Course Includes:
• Full lifetime access
• Access with a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Of course!
A certificate of completion by Muscle and Motion will be provided to each participant upon completion of the course.
Please note, in order to get a certification at the end of our online courses, you must score 80% to pass.
If you do not pass the final test, you may retake the test:)
The subscription model is only for our apps, not for the online courses.
The online courses are one-time payment only that gives you full lifetime access to the course materials.
Yep! 30% Off for current subscribers.
For our app subscribers, doesn’t matter if you have an active subscription to all our apps or only to one of our apps, as long as your yearly subscription is active, you get 30% Off the regular price when enrolling in our online courses.
How to get the discount?
Contact us at sales@muscleandmotion.com with your username to the app that you subscribed to (Yearly subscriptions only), and ask for the 30% discount code for our online courses.
We will reply to you back ASAP.
Our online courses are available in English, and include subtitles in these supported languages:
Korean, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
