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Foam roller calves

Roll your calves over a foam roller to ease tightness after runs, jumps, and long days on your feet.

BeginnerFoam rollerLow impactSuggested: 45 sec

How to do it

  1. Sit with your calves on the roller and your hands planted behind you.
  2. Lift your hips off the floor.
  3. Push with your hands to roll from your ankles to just below your knees.
  4. Pause and breathe on any tender spots.

Form tips

  • Cross one leg over the other to add pressure.
  • Move slowly, about an inch per second.

Muscles worked

Neck: not workedTraps: not workedShoulders: not workedChest: not workedBiceps: not workedForearms: not workedAbs: not workedObliques: not workedHip flexors: not workedOuter hips: not workedQuads: not workedInner thighs: not workedCalves: strongFrontNeck: not workedTraps: not workedShoulders: not workedUpper back: not workedLats: not workedLower back: not workedTriceps: not workedForearms: not workedOuter hips: not workedGlutes: not workedHamstrings: not workedCalves: strongBack
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