Calf Exercise
Calf exercise is not fancy, but it's all you need to tone and shape your lower legs.
Muscles worked:
- lateral gastrocnemius
- soleus
Calf exercise
- Start with your feet hip width apart
- Lift up unto your tip toes
- Pause for a moment
- Lower yourself down
- Repeat 10-15 times
- Rest for a minute
- Do 2 more sets
Variations
- Turn your toes outwards for a set
- Turn your toes inwards for a set
- Stand on a step with your heels hanging off it
For more challenge:
- Wear ankle weights
- Hold on to dumbbells
- When on your tip toes, pulse down without touching the floor and come right back up unto your tip toes. Do a set of 12 without stopping.
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