Now that winter is behind us, so are the long pants. The calves are a tricky area for many women. If you suffer from the dreaded ‘cankles’ you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. It can be hard to sculpt sexy and toned calves, especially if you rely on toe-presses. In fact, I’ve worked with many women that have spent months working with toe presses of all sorts, trying to get defined and toned calves – frantically trying to get great lower legs before summer hits, but they get zero results.
The reason for this is because the calf muscle is in constant use (keeping you standing and balanced) and therefore is extremely slow to respond to regular toe-press type exercises. It takes a more unique approach – one that your calves aren’t used to. The solution is in the video below. Use these exercises, and you will find that getting sculpted and sexy legs is not nearly as difficult as you think. And to round this off, don’t forget to check out this month’s edition of WellBella magazine (at your local GNC) to get my Booty Bootcamp Workout, for a complete lower body workout routine.
Coach Rylan
hmmmmmmmmm hello coach , its me aney well all of your tips & exercises are good but some of exercises are a little bit hard one , any ways thanks for your sending me
I like the new approach to calf exercises.
LOVE the skating one! I can really feel it everywhere, which is a GOOD thing!
Thanks
Hi, Coach. These exercises sure are different. People at the fitness center have noticed the change since I’ve been using your workouts, and that’s a good thing. I always credit you. Hope all is well with you.
I will try and post up some easier ones in the near future Aney, thanks for letting me know.
You bet Steph, glad you like it.
All is well indeed Louise, just working hard on getting the DVDs launched. Glad you (and others) are noticing the difference. That’s what it’s all about anyway, right? Take care.
I’ve had a lot of muscle on my calves forever because it’s genetic in my family and if I leave them alone, they make my legs look like they’re covered in fat instead of muscle which is a really awkward proportion because my whole upper body is skinny. I’ve been doing toe presses for a few years and my legs look slightly better. At first when I did them, my calves shaped well, but after a few years (and I have significantly increased the amount of reps from 200 to 1000), my legs aren’t improving anymore.
The reason for my very long explanation is that I’ve heard on other sites that jumping will just make my calves bigger and I don’t want that, but what you talk about in the beginning of your video and how the muscle will look is what I want my calves to look like.
Do you think these exercises are for me? Or will they just bulk me up even more?
Toe presses isolate the calves completely, thus putting the entire focus of weight into that muscle. By doing jumping exercise you disperse the forces into the other muscles of the lower leg and upper leg as well. This is great for creating an overall toned effect, without adding excess bulk to the large belly of the calf muscle alone. Make sure your reps are above 20 for each set, and you should notice a great improvement in your calves without the bulk.
Thank you so much! I did a few reps of each just to try them out last night and I already see a difference!