Foam roll calves

Muscles worked: Calves
Calves
🔧 foam roller 🔁 reps Difficulty:

Muscle outlines from Body Muscles by Ivan Vulović, Apache 2.0 — regrouped and recoloured for Muscle Train.

How to perform

Sit on the floor with your hands next to your body for support.Place your lower calf onto a foam roller with your opposite leg overtop to apply pressure.Elevate your hips and roll the foam roller up toward the top of the calf keeping the movement slow and controlled to find areas of increased tension.Continue the movement until the tension in the calf decreases and then repeat with the opposite calf.

Muscles Worked

GastrocnemiusSoleus

Tips

Keep movements slow and controlled. Focus on breathing and stop on tight or sore spots to allow the muscle to release tension gradually.

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