Hybrid lifts aren't the only way to exercise creativity in the gym. Sometimes, equipment that's designed for one purpose can be effective for something totally different. For one, you can use the ...

If there’s a muscle that often gets overlooked during leg day, it’s the calf muscles and, if you do remember to train them, more often than not, it usually includes quickly smashing out a dozen calf ...

If your feet hurt during or after calf raises, the pain may be the result of improper form or issues with your feet. Stop exercising until the pain resolves.

Discover soleus push-ups – the simple seated calf exercise shown to reduce blood sugar spikes by more than 50 per cent and ...

Have you ever felt off-balance while walking? Or experienced shin splints or knee pain during your workouts? Or felt like no matter how much you were running, you couldn’t get faster? For all these ...

Calf (heel) raises are designed to help strengthen the soleus and gastrocnemius, located along the back of the lower leg. The gastrocnemius is larger and more visible, the soleus lies underneath. At ...

Are you training your calves properly? Let’s be honest, your quads, hammies and glutes probably steal the spotlight during your lower body session, while your calves are more of an afterthought. Sound ...

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