Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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Calf muscles

alanm3
alanm3
Posts: 8
Joined: 2002/08/06
United States
2002/08/27, 11:23 AM
Help! I am on my third week in your program. And on my day for legs it calls for "seated calf raises" which calls for a machine at a gym. I am not working out at a gym,I am doing all working out at home, and I have no machines. I have a bench, dumbells, and barbell. What can I do for my calves to give them a good work out in replace of what the program calls for?
7707mutt
7707mutt
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Joined: 2002/06/18
United States
2002/08/27, 11:29 AM
You can out the barbell arcoss your knees ( put a towel for padding underneath). Get a 2x4 to use as a step and do seated calf raises.

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alanm3
alanm3
Posts: 8
Joined: 2002/08/06
United States
2002/08/27, 01:31 PM
Thanks for your help.
Bnoble
Bnoble
Posts: 30
Joined: 2002/07/26
United States
2002/08/27, 06:34 PM
Make sure you get plenty of potassium, and a reasonable amount of sodium in your diet with those calf raises...lol

I learned the hard way....

If you push'em, and then have deplete these minearals, the calfs have a tendancy to cramp if you even look at them too hard.



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