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

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    The legs and glutes are the largest muscles in the body, which means you should exercise them — at most — every other day. It’s essential to give leg muscles a 24-hour rest period at minimum ...

  3. Walk a lot? These 12 exercises will protect your ankles - AOL

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    Standing calf stretch. Stand in front of a wall and place one foot in front of you with your toes pointed up against the surface. Lean forward until you feel a stretch in your calf and foot. Hold ...

  4. How long can you stand on 1 leg? What it says about your ...

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    Single-Leg Stand: Stand on one leg while keeping your other leg lifted slightly off the ground. Hold this position for 20 to 30 seconds, then switch legs. Hold this position for 20 to 30 seconds ...

  5. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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    The standing calf raise is performed by plantarflexing the feet to lift the body. If a weight is used, then it rests upon the shoulders, or is held in the hand(s). This is an isolation exercise for the calves; it particularly emphasises the gastrocnemius muscle, and recruits the soleus muscle. [6] Equipment Body weight, dumbbells, barbell ...

  6. Gastrocnemius muscle - Wikipedia

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    Along with the soleus muscle, the gastrocnemius forms half of the calf muscle. Its function is plantar flexing the foot at the ankle joint and flexing the leg at the knee joint. The gastrocnemius is primarily involved in running, jumping and other "fast" movements of leg, and to a lesser degree in walking and standing.

  7. 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).

  8. This 30-second walking technique could help you lose a ... - AOL

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    Studies have shown that people who walk 10,000 to 12,000 steps a day have a lower body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage. Interval training may help you lose weight faster.

  9. Triceps surae muscle - Wikipedia

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    The triceps surae consists of two muscles located at the calf – the two-headed gastrocnemius and the soleus.These muscles both insert into the calcaneus, the bone of the heel of the human foot, and form the major part of the muscle of the posterior leg, commonly known as the calf muscle.

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