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Calf exercise
Want to improve performance? Then make calf exercises a regular part of your training. Research shows that to maximise performance, you need to apply maximum force throughout the full range of motion - performing calf exercises will allow you to do that, no matter what your sport.
Body parts tend to be either fashionable or unfashionable - that is, people are more inclined to either work them or ignore them. The areas that typically get most attention are chest and arms for guys, legs and butt for women, and abs for everybody. The lower legs? Ignored.
Calf exercises won't necessarily make you look sexier, but if you take part in any activity, from salsa to marathon running, you need to strengthen them. The exercise of choice for this area is the calf raise. This can be perfumed either standing or seated. Better still, you can perform this exercise at home with no equipment if you don't have the chance to get to the gym.
To perform this at home, you simply need to stand on the bottom stair, with your heels off the back of the stair. Balance yourself by holding the wall or the banister.
Rise up on your toes, then slowly lower back down until your heels are below the stair. This is the crucial part of the exercise, and performing it slowly, and allowing your heels to finish below the level of the stair, will ensure that you derive the maximum benefit.
Once you can comfortable do this 20 times, you can make it more difficult by working one leg at a time - simply lift one foot out of the way while you perform the exercise.
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