The calf muscles are essential for runners, they support your load and can boost both cadence and explosiveness.

When you work the gastrocnemius and the soleus (two muscles that attach to ... and lead to injury in the arches of the feet, like plantar fasciitis, if you don’t stretch it after,” Baston ...

Not quite. Antetokounmpo’s season ended prematurely last season when he strained his soleus muscle, which is part of the calf (along with the larger gastrocnemius muscle and plantaris). The injury ...

If there’s a muscle that often gets overlooked during leg day, it’s the calf muscles and, if you do remember to train them, more often than not, it usually includes quickly smashing out a ...

The plantaris tendon is a small, thin tendon that is a plantar flexor of the foot. Much like the gastrocnemius of the calf, the plantaris serves to raise us up onto our toes, however, it is a much ...

When you work the gastrocnemius and the soleus (two muscles that attach to ... and lead to injury in the arches of the feet, like plantar fasciitis, if you don’t stretch it after,” Baston ...