Reduce Calf Size by Stretching
Stretching exercises are effective in slimming chunky calves, particularly for those who have muscular legs. The more your stretch your calf muscles, the more your muscle fibers lengthen. Therefore, you can gradually reduce calf size and have more virtually appealing legs if you keep stretching your calves every day.
Besides shrinking your calves, stretching exercises have many other health benefits, such as stabilizing the ankles and knees, improving flexibility, preventing stiff and sore muscles, increasing blood flow, etc. Below, we share the ten hottest calf stretches that you can take to strengthen exercising your calf.
- Downward dog
- Seated calf stretch with a resistance band
- Lunging calf stretch
- Heel drop stretch
- Standing bent-over calf stretch
- Standing calf raise exercises with dumbbells
- Weighted sumo squat with calf raise
- Plie calf raises
- Arm plank with knee dips
- Virabhadrasana [4]
