If you ask me, calves are probably the most stubborn muscles on the body.
Getting them to grow and take on the shape you want is no easy task. One possible way to help shape your calf muscles is to either point your toes in or out as you do calf raises.
Actually, there’s a bit of disagreement out there as to whether this helps to shape your calves or not. Let’s take a look at both sides of the issue.
Pointing Your Toes
I’ll explain the idea behind pointing your toes on calf raises. It goes something like this: placing more weight on the outside of your foot and onto your little toe causes the muscle opposite of your little toe to do more work. Your little toe is on the outside of your foot, so the outer calf has to do more work.
To accomplish this, get into position for calf raises with your feet facing straight forward. This helps to make sure that your feet are the correct distance apart. Once your feet are in place, rotate your heels outward so that your toes are pointing inward and proceed to do your calf raises as usual. (more…)
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