How to Stretch Your Calves Muscles

Stretching is really important when doing exercising especially if you are getting ready to do some vigorous exercise like marathon training, or any kind of sports, and they often get missed out while doing stretches.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Get your muscles moving by doing some walking or jumping jacks.

2. Next stand in front of a wall and place your hands on the wall with your arms shoulder length apart.

3. Next by keeping the foot firmly on the floor, put it slightly behind you.

4. Then move your other leg a little in front of you and slightly bend your knee, and lean towards the wall, but remember to try and keep the knee behind you straight.

5. You should feel the stretch in your back calves at this point and hold that stretch for fifteen counts and breathe while you are doing it.

6. Slowly switch legs and stretch your other calves, and repeat three times on each side.