Flex your foot to stretch your calf, too. To deepen the stretch, place a yoga strap or towel on the ball of your foot, and use your hands to pull the strap toward you. After 30 seconds, switch legs.

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1. Seated Calf Stretch: Sit on floor with legs extended in front of body. Place a towel around balls of feet. Grab an end in each hand and pull toes toward body while keeping legs pressed against ...

Place your hands behind your hamstring and calf (or pull against a strap looped around your foot), and draw your leg towards you. Repeat the stretch with your left leg.

Calf Raises While Seated Sit with your feet on the ground hip-distance apart. Then “come up” onto your toes (while remaining seated) to engage the backs of your lower legs. Come back down.

Calf raises are great for boosting ankle stability and overall balance Reps/sets for best results: Start with two sets of 10 to 15 reps, resting 30 to 60 seconds between sets.

Seated Calf Raises Sit on a bench with both feet on the ground. Rest light to medium dumbbells upright on both knees, holding them with your hands.

You must therefore prepare for this in the gym to complement your stretching. The sort of exercises you should be doing are the calf press on a recumbent leg-press machine, and seated calf raises.