Here’s an exercise I picked up from Paul Sklar. It will cause some “tenderness” in your calves! They’re fairly easy to do at home or at the gym with a standard chin/dip belt and some weight plates. You don’t need a dedicated step platform like mine – you can use an aerobic step behind an…
Unilateral (one-side-at-a-time) training allows you to restore left-right symmetry that may have strayed with constant bilateral work. When training both sides at the same time, it’s not uncommon for the stronger side to do most of the work. That applies to any bilateral exercise, including seated calf raises. I’m sure you’ve done seated calf raises…
With recent gym closures, many people have been forced to train at home. You can target most major muscles with limited equipment—except for the soleus, one of the primary muscles of the calf. The calf consists mainly of two muscles: the gastrocnemius and the soleus. The gastrocnemius is heavily involved when the knee is extended….