And bulking up
your inner calf muscle is a very specific one!
Draw your right foot up and place the sole against the inner left thigh,
inner calf muscle or inner ankle with your toes touching the floor.
Right now, my goal is to lean out my thighs, get rid of the cellulite on them, and bulk up
my inner calf muscles.
Not exact matches
Stand straight with your feet wide apart, toes pointing either straight (equal emphasis on all calve
muscles), inwards (emphasis on the
inner calves) or outwards (emphasis on the outer
calves), and raise your heels off the floor as you exhale by contracting the
calves.
The target is the quads, having as synergists (a
muscle that assists another
muscle to accomplish a movement) the glutes,
inner thigh and
calves.
Your
calves are made up of the gastrocnemius
muscle, which represents the
inner and outer head of the
calf, and the soleus, which runs underneath the gastrocnemius.
This particular sequence goes through: ITB's, hamstrings, glutes then repeat on opposite leg;
calves together (you can roll them individually when that gets easy by throwing the other leg on top, as shown); side of lower leg —
muscles called the peroneals; tibialis anterior — shin area;
inner thighs or adductors; quads; and last the TFL which is between your ITB and quad at the top of your leg just below your pelvis.
Static stretches (like simple quad, hamstring,
calf and
inner thigh stretches will also feel good — and are good on the warm
muscles you'll have after the workout.
For example, squats work the quads, glutes, hamstrings,
inner thigh, and
calf muscles all at the same time.
It tones the
inner and outer thighs and stretches the hamstrings and
calves, while also working the
muscles of the back and upper arms, shoulders and wrists.
The lower body has
muscles in 8 major areas... the glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings,
inner thighs, back of the
calf, outside of the lower leg, shin, and foot.
These leg exercises work your butt (glutes), hips, thighs (front and back),
inner thighs, and
calf muscles.
You can work each leg
muscle individually (with exercises like hamstring curls, leg extensions,
inner and outer thigh machines, butt machines, and
calf raises), but it will take you much more time and not be as beneficial as squats, or dead lifts, or lunges.
Tennis leg is a general term used to describe pain in the leg caused by a tear of the
inner head of the big
calf muscle, the plantaris
muscle or sometimes both.
Dumbbell Reverse Lunges primarily work
muscles of the quadriceps (in the front of your thigh), gluteus maximus in your buttocks, adductor magnus in your
inner thigh and the soleus in your
calf.