What can I do to build my calf muscles?
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Walk up stairs or use a stair-stepper machine. What's best is that it will not only define your calf muscles, it'll also make your butt look super! Swimming is also good, and if you live near a beach, jogging in the sand will REALLY work out your calves. Good luck!
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Work on a strength conditioning program for both your upper body and your legs also.  Don't lift weights to increase muscle size because that will slow you down.  Lift to increase muscle strength.  There is a difference.\nAnother thing you can do is practice your swing by standing a bat's length away from a wall or a fence.  Then swing the bat at full speed without hitting the wall or fence.  When you get good at this, you can eventually move closer until you are 1/2 bat length away.
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oh yeah!! Good question, here's a good answer:\nStart by doing squats, hold about 25-30lbs in each hand squat down, keep your feet shoulder length apart. 15 reps, 4 sets!! DO NOT USE THE SQUATING TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU HOLD THE BAR ON YOUR SHOULDERS, squating 150+ pounds, your knees will turn into putty when your 43 years old!! CALF RAISES!!!!!! do calf raises off steps or any thing that has stairs, just use your own body weight, 25-30 reps, 4 sets trust me it works the best!!!! You will feel the burn and the muscle developement!!! I was dunking when I was 15 years old!!\nRiding bikes help as well!!
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Well anytype of regular exercise builds muscles if done continuously. I have heard however at the begining of the exercise the muscles swell a bit so at first it might seem that thier bigger but after a while ur calves will look athletic and fit not big. but again it depends on what exercise. Try yoga or pilates their the best since they wont build up to much muscles
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Lots of nuts, fruits and vegetables.. try snacking on almonds. \n\nTake vitamins and work out to build muscles
563937
run up and down stairs on your tip toes to exercise your calfs to be able to jump higher
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It's called Plyometrics! Or you can go to a sand court or something, and jump, and jump! lol Do a lot of stairmaster type stuff, it will really build up your calfes. Then focus on your CORE!!! Abbs, obliques, ect. the whole stomache area. Really get it strong, and your hig flexers! Hope that helps
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If you are already sound in your volleyball skills, conditioning seems to be your problem. Building your calf muscles and strengthening your calves should help out. Explosive movements, like jumping and sprinting heavily envolve your fast twitch muscles in your calves. Jogging in the soft sand always helps. Sprints up hills and stretching your calves will help. Calf raises will strengthen your calves but speed and your vertical jump height will come from keeping your calves fully loose and stretched out.
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to work on your jumping work on your calves.
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eat a lot of protein. they are the building blocks of muscles. you should consider protein shakes. get a good exercise programme and stick with it.\neat half a banana before you train and the other half straight after, preferably with a shake. \nwith a good diet, thats high in protein, and a good work out progamme you should be able to do it easily.
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strengthen your leg and arm muscles.
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Calves:\n-Put you foot against a pole or door frame and pull yourself torwards it. \n- Put your feet about 2-3 feet away from eachother( one infront of  an other) and push on a wall keeping both feet on the ground. You may have to bring more distance between your feet to feel a stretch. \n- Get into a push up position and take one foot and rest it on the foot that is alreadly on the ground and stretch untill you feel a pull\n-Lie on your back and have a partner take one leg( make sure you keep it streight) and pull it to you, pressing down on the toe and pulling up on the heel. Keep the othe leg on the ground. This is an uncomfortable stretch. It should only be uncomforatble pain, not searing pain. Stop if it is  really hurting. This one needs to be used only after an activity (running, swimming) when the muscles are warmed up.  \n\nHamstrings:\n- Stand and pull on leg behind you so that your foot is around your hip and pull your knee back untill you feel a stretch.\n- You can to the same on the ground, lieing down on you back (if you find it difficoult to keep your ballance)
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Alright if you want to increase your vertical do this. Do Calf Raises, Leg Extensions, and especially squats, because it improves your explosiveness. And if you don't want to do any of this definitely do jump rope. Do 5 sets of a 100, and 2 sets of 200. In 2 weeks you should increase your vertical by 3 to 4 inches. But do it 5 to 6  days every week.
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Try hiking, climbing helps the thigh muscles, and do it briskly.\n\nI had flabby thighs and muscular calfs too and this helped me.  \n\nAlso try going up and down stairs, again you are working those thighs.
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put as much weight on your shoulders as you are comfotabl with when you work out. the only way to build muscle is to tear it. no pain-no gain. muscle grows on 3 things- protein, creatin, and water
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You should try strength training instead.  Using weights would help build muscle.
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You need to get in the weight room and do lot of low weight reps on your quads and hamies.  This will increase your force production without increasing your weight, which should increase your speed.  Working on your calves should help some, too.