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2. 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 ...

3. 10 Best Free-Weight Exercises for Men to Sculpt Bigger ... - AOL

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   Here are 10 of the best free-weight exercises for men to build bigger biceps and triceps. Gear up to achieve the sculpted arms you desire. ... Sit on a bench with your legs spread apart and a ...

4. 7 Least Effective Exercises for Building Bigger Leg Muscles ...

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   A trainer calls out seven least effective exercises for building bigger leg muscles and offers seven more productive alternatives. ... The 5 Best Lower-Body Exercises to Bulk up Your Legs. 2 ...

5. 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).

6. Squat (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.

7. 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.