Deep calf stretch

Caroline Nilsson is your personal trainer showing you how to do Deep calf stretch.

Technique

Start from a kneeling position and sit back towards your heels with your bottom and place one foot into the floor so that your toes line up with the knee that is in the ground. Place your body weight on the sole of the foot and stamp down the heel. Lean forward, lift the buttocks from the heels, think that the knee of the stretching leg should move slightly forward and down, without the heel leave the ground.

Tips

Be sure to put your toes in line with the other leg's knee. Press down the the heel tightly and keep it in the base all the time.

Alternatives

Put your hands on the stretching leg's knee and press lightly towards the ground.

More info

Soleus.

Instructions

Come down from standing or start from a kneeling position.

Put your toes in line with the knee that is in the ground. Place your body weight on the sole and stamp down the heel. Lean forward, without the heel leaves the ground.

This exercise is 1 of 44 exercises that are included in the app Poworkout Stretch.