Personal trainer Chris Akard is a featured fitness expert on KTVK 3TV . He is owner of the Akard Personal Fitness Studio of Scottsdale . As a motivational speaker, Akard has spoken for a number of organizations, corporations and via fitness satellite broadcasts into schools nationwide. He is A.F.F.A. and A.C.E. certified. The calf muscle is the lower bottom portion of the back of your leg.
Some people are quite satisfied with the development of their calf muscle.
This is usually due to genetics. Since not everyone has good calf genetics, I have a couple of exercises that will help you. It's possible to firm, define and even increase the size of your calf muscle if you want. There are two parts to the calf muscle, the gastrocnemius and the soleus. Each of the two exercises below will target either the gastrocnemius or the soleus.