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    Hey! Try this real quick + tell me how it feels! (90 seconds

    Posts: 2,670 Member
    edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Stand-up.

    Put your feet like this: | | in front of you at shoulders' width apart. Go up on your toes then back down. Spend about one half second on the ascent AND one half second on the descent. Do this 25x.*

    Stretch for a few seconds, then reposition your feet like this: \ / with toes pointed outward (about 45º). Do another 25 reps.

    Last step is to point toes inward like this: / \ and do the final 25.

    *You can steady yourself with a finger on the wall if need be. If you're not feeling a burn by the end of that, I'll be shocked.

    (Learned this from a guy who used to be a boxer. It's meant to create definition without the bulk.)

    HOW DID IT FEEL? :happy:

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    • Posts: 711 Member
      We do something similar in yoga. It's a good move. I'll do it to kill time while waiting for the train. :)
    • Posts: 157
      If I hadn't have done legs a couple of days ago at the gym, I'd say that was fine.

      As I HAVE done legs, that was FLAMING ****INGAGONY!
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
      Haha...not even sorry, Shane! XD
    • Posts: 3,908 Member
      Well be shocked, I feel nothing.
    • Posts: 4,605 Member
      Used to do this in ballet, through the various foot positions. If you do it a bunch of times, you do give your calves a very good workout.
    • Posts: 145
      bump
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
      Well be shocked, I feel nothing.

      Your legs are in great shape, then!

      I never work out (yet) so this was tough for me. :)
    • Posts: 3,908 Member
      I've always worked out, it's my diet that's always been bad.

      After spending months learning to barefoot run, I think my calves are fairly indestructible.
    • Posts: 3,908 Member
      It did take months of dedication and always being close to injury. And lots and lots of ice.
    • Posts: 582 Member
      Yep, I felt the burn!

      I like it. How often would you recommend doing them?
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
      Yep, I felt the burn!

      I like it. How often would you recommend doing them?

      I'm doing them everyday when I wake up. It's not really "intense" so I don't think you'd need a rest day from it.
    • Posts: 3,908 Member
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      I'm doing them everyday when I wake up. It's not really "intense" so I don't think you'd need a rest day from it.

      This, but if it ever gets harder, or your reps drop off, start including rest days
    • Posts: 582 Member
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      This, but if it ever gets harder, or your reps drop off, start including rest days

      Thanks, guys. They're so quick. Gonna do them in the morning while the coffee brews.
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
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      Thanks, guys. They're so quick. Gonna do them in the morning while the coffee brews.

      Good plan. Just made some coffee, myself. :):drinker:
    • Posts: 377 Member
      Hurts so good!
    • Posts: 124
      bump! i'm working on the legs!
    • Posts: 1,013 Member
      Forgive me... is this just like calf raises just in different foot positions???
    • Posts: 3,908 Member
      It's not like them, it is them. Just no weight and a narrow range of movement
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