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Step 1
Stand about one foot behind any chair in your house, and hold tightly onto its back. Spread your legs until they are about as wide apart as are your shoulders. To gain the most from this exercise, your posture should be as good as possible.
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Step 2
Slowly raise up on your toes. Take about 3 second to do this. Remain in that position for a second or two, and you should begin having a tight feeling in the calf muscles of your legs.
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Step 3
Slowly return to a normal standing position. Once again, take about three seconds to do so. Repeat this exercise about ten times, making sure that your posture is the best it can be.
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Step 4
After doing this exercise several times, you should begin noticing a change, and it should become easier to do. If so, it's time for phase two.
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Step 5
Phase two involves doing the same exercise, but on only one foot. Stand behind the chair as before, and raise one foot off the ground. Slowly left your heel off the ground in about three seconds, then hold in that position for one second before returning to a flat position. You will still feel a tightness in your calf muscle, but it should be less pronounced than when you began doing this exercise. Repeat this on one leg about 10 to 15 times.
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Step 6
Raise your other leg and repeat the exercise on the other foot 10 to 15 times.
