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

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    Inward calf raise Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, this time, pointing your toes slightly inward. Engage your core to keep yourself stable, and slowly lift your heels up off the floor.

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

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    Calf raises in a “V” position Stand tall with both feet shoulder-width apart and turn your toes outward so your feet create the letter "V." Place your hands on your hips.

  4. Build Massive Calf Muscles With These Exercises - AOL

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    The seated calf raise is unique from most calf exercises is that it’s one of the few in which you’re training from a bent-leg position—which will help target the soleus muscles more than ...

  5. Calf raises - Wikipedia

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    Seated calf raise. Bent-knee calf raises are frequently done in a seated position for comfort. Since the weight of the upper body is rested on the seat, resistance is frequently added. Using bodyweight, one leg could be draped across the other (through external rotation) to exercise unilaterally and double the weight lifted.

  6. 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.

  7. Calf (leg) - Wikipedia

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    The calf (pl.: calves; Latin: sura) is the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy. [1] The muscles within the calf correspond to the posterior compartment of the leg. The two largest muscles within this compartment are known together as the calf muscle and attach to the heel via the Achilles tendon.

  8. You Can Strengthen Your Calves Without Even Standing Up - AOL

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    “A soleus pushup is a seated calf raise that focuses on the soleus muscle which is on the back of the lower leg,” says Natalya Vasquez, CPT, a certified personal trainer, health coach, and ...

  9. Human leg - Wikipedia

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    Plantar flexion: One of the most popular lower leg muscle stretches is the step standing heel raises, which mainly involves the gastrocnemius, soleus, and the Achilles tendon. [41] Standing heel raises allow the individual to activate their calf muscles by standing on a step with toes and forefoot , leaving the heel hanging off the step, and ...