We Indians have a strange attitude with the concept of exercising. For the majority of us, it is that activity of the day, which looks attractive and inspiring when the time for it has not come yet. But gradually when we start approaching that particular time for our evening walks or gym sessions, it is then when we realize the utmost levels of lethargy. In fact this has become the common symptom of casual Indian behavior. We do get inspired by others in a flick, and in flick only we get exhausted during the very first sessions of the exercises we plan to do.
Well, as mentioned before, this happens for the majority of Indians, but there is one lot, which can be termed as ‘Fitness freaks’ of our society. With technology becoming advanced day by day, actual walks have started to lose their existence and these fitness freaks have the real courage to adopt all the rigorous exercises as energetic substitutes of walking.
Making exercising a type of madness began with men getting too involved in gyming and grooming themselves. It will be somewhat surprising but even calf muscles if not worked upon properly can look ugly and will drain all your efforts you put into your body structuring. No perfect body image can be formed with ill-structured calves.
Calf muscles are made up of two sections-
- Gastrocnemius – the visible part
- Soleus – the part beneath which is not visible
So here are 5 exercises for perfect calf muscles which would be best for all the fitness freaks and the beginners as well. With correct ways of doing these calf muscle exercises, one can achieve those fantasy like toned calves in a few days.
STAIR CLIMBS
Just regular climbing of stairs can help you jack your calf muscles. It’s the easiest of all exercises. Climbing action puts force or load on calves, making them tense and strong. Just climb up and down for 5 to 10 minutes and you will get what you want.
STANDING RAISES
It’s the most popular calf muscle exercise. All you have to do is, hold a barbell by placing it on your back. It can of the weight you can handle. Then stand on a stair with your heels 2-4 inches above ground. This puts pressure on your calves. Do it till it starts hurting and repeat the exercise daily.
SPRINTS
Sprinting is just good and fast running. The speed with which the legs move and run, all the calf muscles are put to great workout at that time. Sprints can of any length that is comfortable to you. With regular sprinting, you can easily bid goodbye to puny calves.
DONEKY RAISES
This one is the hardest of all. We are warning in advance that donkey raises give most pain to your calf muscles and strong will power can only motivate you to do it. Imagine a leg press exercise, in it you used heels, but here you use toes and the balls of your toes.
BOX JUMPS
Other than climbing up and down, jumping up also helps to remove the puny-ness from your calves. Jumping effect targets your directly. You would need a box of 24*24 dimensions and quick jumping on the box is what you have to calf muscles do to get good-looking calves.
