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Tips that Help Slim Down Your Calves

Avoid Exercises That Increase Your Calf Muscle

People have three separate muscles to make up the calf muscle: the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles. Since they decide the size of your calf, it is important to avoid exercises that might increase your calf muscle especially when you have muscular calves. Activities like running, skipping, hiking, sprinting, uphill walking, jumping rope, plyometrics or HIIT exercises, standing calf raises, and band-assisted calf flex are great for overall fitness, but you should avoid those workouts if your main goal is to slim your calves because these exercises help strengthen your calves and make them look even bigger. [2]