Calf muscle training—make your legs look better

Calf muscle training is a project that many fitness players often ignore, and calf muscles play an important role in improving exercise ability. Exercising calf muscles is crucial to running, jumping and even improving explosive power. It can be said that calf muscles are the center of gravity of the whole body. Only through the calf muscles can the strength be transmitted to all parts of the body.

　　It is not easy to practice calf muscles well, because the fibers of the calf muscles are dense, resistant to heavy consumption, and fatigue, so it is very difficult to exercise. So how should we practice calf muscles?

　　When exercising, we can first do the corresponding strength stretching. During the stretching process, you can support the wall and lean against the handle, and feel the stretching of the calf muscles by stretching the front leg. After stretching and relaxing, strength training is available. Here are some methods for calf muscle training.

　　1. Sitting heel lift

　　Sitting equipment, place your toes on the mattress wood, and put your thighs under the lever. Use your toes to lift the lever, then bend the bare joints of the foot and put down the heels. Try to shrink the calf muscles when lifting, and keep them for a while before putting them down.

2. Dumbbell weight lifting heels

　　　Put the dumbbell on the knee joint and then lift the heel training. You can arrange two weight-bearing training every week, with small weight-bearing training interspersed in the middle. In this way, in order to avoid fatigue resistance of the calf muscles during exercise, it can also achieve better exercise effect.

　　3. Weight-bearing stool

　　Standing with the dumbbell, lift one foot and place it on the stool to do the stool, then lower the hips of the left leg, return to the starting position, and perform alternately with both legs.

　　4. Leg push-up heels

This action should be done with your toes holding the push rod, push the push rod upwards on tiptoe, and when you shrink your calf, lift your heels as much as possible, maintain the push up position, bend the ankle joint and lower the heels.

　　　Education of calf muscles can significantly change your body shape, especially for girls, exercising your calf muscles can make your leg muscle lines more beautiful, and there are many ways to exercise, but the movements must be done in place, so that the exercise effect can be better.

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