Posted: 7/16/2008 7:14:50 AM EDT
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Ok, this is going to sound like a really weird question, but what do you do to strengthen just one leg? Story behind this is I was born with a club foot and essentially no heel, many surgeries later and a few years in a cast and my foot straightened out properly and I have about 80-90% mobility. Problem is my right foot is weaker than my left and my right calf is noticably smaller than my left. It has been this way my whole life but now that I am exercising more and in a more physically demanding job I would really like to have similar sized calf muscles lol. Any suggestions for ways to strengthen just the right calf? |
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I would approach the problem like this Try to find a stairmaster or if you can't find one of those, a stadium would work fine. Walk/run stairs for about 20 min. 3 times per week. Along with this, I would add in some squats and deadliftsonce per week. Both work the calves. The last thing I would do, is calf raises. Calf raises are about like doing preacher curls. There is no functional training going on. |
That or even jumping rope with the same frequency. Up and down, on and off the balls of your feet like that are an explosive, functional version of a not-so-functional, seated, weighted, calf-raise. |