The calves are critical for health and posture, yet few take the time to work them properly, if ever at all.
Your Soleus pumps blood back into your heart when you stand, and your Gastroc supports your knees.
This thread presents 4 strategies to awaken your lower legs.
Your Soleus pumps blood back into your heart when you stand, and your Gastroc supports your knees.
This thread presents 4 strategies to awaken your lower legs.
1/ Daily Foot Care
Your feet have hundreds of tissues and a quarter of your bones, along with hundreds of thousands of sensors loaded in the soles. You will fail to grow your calves and mobilize your ankles if the structures below are wrecked.
- Stimulation
- Strength
- Space
Your feet have hundreds of tissues and a quarter of your bones, along with hundreds of thousands of sensors loaded in the soles. You will fail to grow your calves and mobilize your ankles if the structures below are wrecked.
- Stimulation
- Strength
- Space
2/ Train Your Soleus
This tissue nicknamed “ muscle pump” plays a significant role in your cardiac health, as you need to send blood from your feet back into your heart when you stand. Keep these fibers active at all cost:
- Take long walks
- Seated Calf Raises
This tissue nicknamed “ muscle pump” plays a significant role in your cardiac health, as you need to send blood from your feet back into your heart when you stand. Keep these fibers active at all cost:
- Take long walks
- Seated Calf Raises
3/Train Your Gastrocnemius
A strong Gastrocnemius is an underrated asset for knee health because the fibers support the joint from behind and below. They also help you create power.
Shaky knees? Strengthen your gastroc:
- Hikes/ Uphill walks
- Standing and Donkey Calf Raise
A strong Gastrocnemius is an underrated asset for knee health because the fibers support the joint from behind and below. They also help you create power.
Shaky knees? Strengthen your gastroc:
- Hikes/ Uphill walks
- Standing and Donkey Calf Raise
4/ Dedicate Full Workouts to Your Calves
Your lower leg muscles have the same fibers as your arms and shoulders. They respond to a host of variables ranging from intensity to volume, angles, and strategic pauses. Pick 4-6 calf exercises and do a dedicated session once a week.
Your lower leg muscles have the same fibers as your arms and shoulders. They respond to a host of variables ranging from intensity to volume, angles, and strategic pauses. Pick 4-6 calf exercises and do a dedicated session once a week.
Charles Poliquin’s “36 Special” was the most intense calf workout I have ever done in my life. The routine left my lower legs in a shamble the next day.
I had to cancel my meetings because of the soreness. The workout proved the value of pauses at the bottom of a rep.
I had to cancel my meetings because of the soreness. The workout proved the value of pauses at the bottom of a rep.
Awaken your lower legs to improve your physical performance and stabilize your posture. The muscle fibers are the same as any other body part. They require the right attention to adapt and grow.
There is no genetic curse, only lack of focus.
There is no genetic curse, only lack of focus.
