6 Ways to Tone Your Calf Muscles
4. Skip
Skip your way to toned calf muscles. Remember the humble little skipping rope which you left in your attic as soon as you were done with your girlhood? Take them out and skip so as to jog in the spot through the ropes. This activity is great for toning the calves.
5. Seated calf raises
If you have no time to do standing calf raises or find it inconvenient for some reason, then there are sitting calf raises to help you out. You could perform them at your workplace as well as your home by sitting in a chair with your legs bent at a 90-degree angle with feet flat on the floor. Place a dumbbell in each hand and hold one on top of each knee. Then slowly squeeze your calf muscles as you raise up onto the balls of your feet, pause and slowly lower back down. Do this 15-20 times at a go.
6. Take the stairs or trek
If such workouts do not suit you, and you prefer to get toned up midst of nature, then trekking would be your best bet for making the calves look leaner. Or go up the stairs whenever you go in a building and if you don’t have a small hill in your locality to trek. Walking up a hill is not only a great way to tone your calf muscles, but can also provide some cardiovascular training as well. For best results, find the steepest hill that you can locate and climb it. You can also do this by walking on a treadmill where the incline has been set to a very steep grade.
