Your legs, along with your calf muscles, play an essential role by bearing your body weight, maintaining balance while enabling movement, and helping you perform basic activities that include walking, ...

If you aren’t showing your calves some major love during your weekly workouts, it’s time to re-evaluate. I understand if your lower body go-to’s include torching your quads, hamstrings, and glutes, ...

The calf muscles play a vital role in blood circulation. They are often called the body's second heart. Strong calf muscles improve venous return and prevent blood pooling. Sedentary lifestyles weaken ...

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You know you've done an intense workout when it leaves you sore for the next three days. Now, you do not need to feel that sore to have done a good workout, but if you love that type of sweat sesh, ...

Calf (heel) raises are designed to help strengthen the soleus and gastrocnemius, located along the back of the lower leg. The gastrocnemius is larger and more visible, the soleus lies underneath. At ...

Had a good run? Thank your calves. Whenever you hit the road, the posterior muscles of the lower legs work double-time to power your runs and protect your ankles, explains Raj Hathiramani, certified ...

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