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2. Best walking workout: Here's how to start walking for exercise

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   And if you have personal obligations such as caring for children during the day, having a treadmill in your home or using one at a gym can be an efficient way to complete your walking routine when ...

3. Try this 6-minute no-equipment leg workout for bigger calves ...

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

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   In this guide, I'll unveil the seven least effective exercises for building leg muscles and provide solid alternatives to maximize your efforts. Get ready to trade in those ineffective moves for ...

5. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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   A full body calisthenics workout that works abdominal muscles, chest, arms, legs, and several parts of the back. The subject squats down and quickly moves their arms and legs into a push-up position. Sometimes, people do a push up (not mandatory) before they finish their rep by tucking the legs in and jumping up. Chin-ups and pull-ups

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. Muscle hypertrophy - Wikipedia

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   The best approach to specifically achieve muscle growth remains controversial (as opposed to focusing on gaining strength, power, or endurance); it was generally considered that consistent anaerobic strength training will produce hypertrophy over the long term, in addition to its effects on muscular strength and endurance.

8. Here's How Often You Should Lift Weights if You Want Bigger ...

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   Lifting weights helps to grow your muscles by contributing to the following responses: 1. Muscle Fiber Activation. Lifting weights engages different muscle fibers, especially fast-twitch fibers ...

9. Gastrocnemius muscle - Wikipedia

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   The gastrocnemius is primarily involved in running, jumping and other "fast" movements of leg, and to a lesser degree in walking and standing. This specialization is connected to the predominance of white muscle fibers (type II fast twitch) present in the gastrocnemius, as opposed to the soleus, which has more red muscle fibers (type I slow ...