what are reverse calf raises?
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Stand on the block with only your heels. Grab onto something sturdy for balance. Be sure to have your knees slightly bent. With your heels on the block, lower your toes as low as you can, feeling a stretch in the front of your lower leg. ... Slowly lower your toes back down to the starting position and repeat the movement.
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['Start in a low lunge position with your right foot forward and your hands on the outside of the foot to provide support.', 'Bring your left knee down to the ground.', 'While walking your hands back, reach your hips back toward your left heel and lengthen the right leg.']
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High arm elevation during pull-ups reduces sub-acromial space and increases pressure, increasing the risk of impingement injury. Wide and reverse pull-ups demonstrate kinematics patterns linked with increased impingement risk.
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['45 SECONDS HIGH KNEE TAPS. [01:30]', 'LEG RAISES. [03:19]', '45 SECONDS HIP RAISES. [04:21]', '45 SECONDS FLUTTER KICKS. [05:24]', 'PLANK KNEES TO ELBOW. [06:18]', '45 SECONDS JUMPING JACKS. [09:21]']
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['Triceps Dips.', 'Arm Pulses.', 'Arm Circles.', 'Chair Squats.', 'Calf Raises.', 'Seated Bicycle Crunches.', 'Lower-Abs Leg Lifts.', 'Neck Rolls.']
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Side leg raise Side leg raises, like fire hydrants, work your glutes and engage your hips.
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['Quadriceps setting. ... ', 'Mini-squats. ... ', 'Straight leg raise. ... ', 'Hamstring heel digs. ... ', 'Leg extensions. ... ', 'Standing heel raises. ... ', 'Clams. ... ', 'Hamstring curls.']
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['Ankle circles.', 'Achilles stretch.', 'Towel stretch.', 'Band stretch.', 'Standing calf stretch.', 'Standing soleus stretch.', 'Cross leg ankle stretch.', 'Chair Pose.']
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The return journey should be at the same pace at which you raised your legs. Lower them until they're hovering just above the ground, and then raise them again. Shoot for three sets of 10 reps, or simply do as many raises as you can – keeping the pace steady – in a set time as part of a circuit.
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The Reverse Lunge, or Step-Back Lunge, is an under-appreciated variation of a popular leg exercise. ... During a Forward Lunge, momentum shifts the center of gravity too far forward, placing the body weight on the ball of the foot rather than the heel and moving the knee too close to the toe.
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['Leg Raises. Take the simple knee raise (where you hang from a bar and raise your knees up towards your upper body) and bring it to the next level with hanging leg raises. ... ', 'Knee Raises. ... ', 'Around the World. ... ', 'Toes to Bar. ... ', 'The Dragon Flag. ... ', 'L-hang. ... ', 'L-hang siders. ... ', 'Windshield Wipers.']
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['CALF RAISE. [00:05]', 'SPLIT SQUAT. [00:11]', 'BACK SQUAT. [00:16]', 'FRONT SQUAT. [00:24]', 'BODYWEIGHT TRICEPS EXTENSION. [00:32]', 'INVERTED ROW. [00:48]', 'ASSISTED PULLUP. [00:55]']
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['Inner Thigh Leg Lifts. Inner thigh leg lifts are great for toning and strengthening the inner part of of your thigh. ... ', 'Outer Thigh Leg Lifts. Outer thigh leg lifts are very similar to inner thigh leg lifts. ... ', 'Partial Squats. ... ', 'Low Impact Cardio. ... ', 'Pushups. ... ', 'Seated Tuck Jumps. ... ', 'Calf Raises. ... ', 'Foam Rolling.']
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6. Calf Raises. Why They're Useless: "Direct calf training is very misunderstood," says Sean Hyson, fitness director of Men's Fitness magazine and author of The 101 Best Workouts Of All Time. "Calf Raises build the calf muscles but make them more apt to 'pump up' when running and jumping.
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Calf raises are a popular exercise amongst many athletes and for good reason: they help build ankle and posterior chain strength and stability. Both of these are important for any sport that requires sudden acceleration and deceleration (sprinting, jumping, landing).
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The glute-ham raise (GHR) might be the most underrated exercise ever invented. It's considered by most to be a hamstring move— and it certainly nails your hammies from top to bottom—but GHRs hit your entire posterior chain, from your gastrocs to your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back.
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Put your affected leg about a step behind your other leg. Keeping your back leg straight and your back heel on the floor, bend your front knee and gently bring your hip and chest toward the wall until you feel a stretch in the calf of your back leg. Hold the stretch for at least 15 to 30 seconds. Repeat 2 to 4 times.