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2. Build Massive Calf Muscles With These Exercises - AOL

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   Why: This classic exercise is the go-to for guys who want to build their calf muscle—and for good reason. You'll be able to work the muscles through a full range of motion, and you don't need a ...

3. Tone your calves with these 20 simple exercises - AOL

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   Learn calf muscle anatomy and the best calf exercises for your leg workout to improve strength, balance, stability and to run faster, according to a personal trainer. Tone your calves with these ...

4. The best exercises to tone your legs – no weights required

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   The legs are made up of the glutes, quads, hamstrings, hips, adductors, abductors and calves. These are the best leg exercises for strength using bodyweight.

5. Leg raise - Wikipedia

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   The leg raise is a strength training exercise which targets the iliopsoas (the anterior hip flexors). Because the abdominal muscles are used isometrically to stabilize the body during the motion, leg raises are also often used to strengthen the rectus abdominis muscle and the internal and external oblique muscles.

6. Calf raises - Wikipedia

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   Bridging exercises are done with a flexed knee to lessen the stretch on the hamstring (a knee flexor) and focus the hip extension work on the gluteus maximus. In that same respect, the reduced knee flexion makes plantar flexion work comparable to a seated calf raise, due to the lessened stretch on the gastrocnemius (like the hamstring, also a knee flexor).

7. Progressive overload - Wikipedia

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   The goal of strength-training programs is to increase one’s physical strength and performance. This is achieved through resistance training.By placing the exercise musculature under greater-than-normal demand, the body will start a natural adaptation process, improving its capabilities to endure that higher amount of stress.