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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.

  3. Build Massive Calf Muscles With These Exercises - AOL

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    MH fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S., and celebrity trainer Don Saladino share their four best calf exercises that you should incorporate into your routine as often as possible. “If you ...

  4. 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 .

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The muscle which can 'cancel' or to some degree reverse the action of the muscle. Muscle synergies are noted in parentheses when relevant. O (Occurrences) Number of times that the named muscle row occurs in a standard human body. Here it may also be denoted when a given muscles only occurs in a male or a female body.

  6. Human leg - Wikipedia

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    Several effective exercises target the muscles in the lower leg, including the calves, tibialis anterior, and other supporting muscles. Calf raises are a foundational exercise: standing with feet hip-width apart, you raise your heels off the ground and lower them back down, effectively strengthening the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.

  7. Is Retro Walking The Best Workout You’re Not Doing ... - AOL

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    “I’s going to use your calves, the muscles around your shins (the tibialis anterior), and the quads a little bit differently than just regular walking,” she says. Plus, since the tibialis ...

  8. I Tried Walking With A Weighted Vest For A Week And ... - AOL

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    Easter explains that women tend to push themselves harder during exercise such as rucking or walking in a weighted vest, and references a study on British military recruits, 'The recruits had to ...

  9. 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).