I have big calves and I hate it. I tried to search the internet but the answers !

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Whether you've got skinny calves or fat calves, these calf exercises
can help! They will assist you in building a beautiful set of toned
calves which you can show off at the beach this summer.
1. Double Leg Calf Raises
This exercise requires a bit of balance. If you're a little wobbly,
either hold onto something or make sure you're at the bottom of the
set of steps! We don't want to hurt you before you've even started!
?Find a step of some kind.
?Hold a weight in each hand.
?Stand up straight, with the balls of your feet on the edge of the
step.
?Lift up onto your tip toes and tense your calf muscles.
?Hold for about 1/2 a second.
?Lower your heels below the edge of the step.
?Repeat.
2. Single Leg Calf Raises
This exercise uses a weight, but you don't have to use it if you're not strong enough yet.
Funnily enough, calf exercises are often more effective with less weight anyway!
?Find a step of some kind and something nearby. eg: a chair to hold onto.
?Hold a weight in one hand.
?Use your other hand to help you balance.
?Stand up straight, with the ball of one foot on the edge of the step.
?Bend your other leg behind you.
?Lift up onto your tip toes and tense your calf muscle.
?Hold for about 1/2 second.
?Lower your heel below the edge of the step.
?Repeat.
?After your set is finished, change legs.
3. Calf Raises Using Weights
You can make these calf exercises more effective if you have
something under you toes - like a plank of wood. This allows your
calves to go through just that little bit more range of motion.
?Get a chair or bench to sit on.
?Hold a weight across your thighs or one above each thigh.
?Sit up straight, with your feet flat on the ground.
?Lift up onto your tip toes and tense your calf muscles.
?Hold and squeeze for 1-2 seconds.
?Lower your legs back down to the floor.
?Repeat.
4. This exercise is really good because it's a lot easier to balance
when you're leaning against the swiss ball. Of these calf exercises,
this is our favorite.
?Get a swiss ball and 2 dumbbells.
?Put the swiss ball on the wall and rest your chest against it.
?Hold a dumbbell in each hand.
?Using both legs, lift up onto the balls of your feet.
?Lower down slowly.
?Repeat.
WARNING: For People With Fat Calves
It's important you know that calf exercises are one of the least
effective ways of reducing the fat stored there. Rather you need to
work larger muscle groups to boost your resting metabolic rate. This
will help you burn fat from all over your body - including your calves!

Your friend is wrong. I was told by a pro cyclist who runs a gym that to have big calves and legs, it is a different thing all together. I was worried also about getting big muscley legs which i didn't want and he said no, that is different. Your legs will become toned and slimmer not bigger. Walking, running, light weight, cycling and swimming ect will tone your leg muscles and they will be slimmer.

Your friend is wrong.

Your legs will only get bigger if they get fatter or if you start body building.

Cardio will burn any extra fat and then also tone the muscle, giving you toned and slim legs. Even walking up big hills won't give you huge legs.

Who ever thumbed me down is a complete thicko because i know as i work out regular, i am a cyclist and i was told when i was worried by a professional cyclist who runs his own gym (he has been in fitness for 20+ years). So what ever. Ha!

Walk on your heels. Walking on your toes will increase your muscle size.
As for your question about wearing heels, try this out. Stand on your tiptoes and look in the mirror at your legs. They look smaller right? But stand like that for a while. Feel the burn in your calve muscles? That's how heels work. They do give the illusion of thinner legs, but over time they actually build up your calve muscles.

I run on my toes. I have ginormous calves :-/

Stick with the basics,
*Hard boiled eggs:no yolk,Egg whites, Lean meats

*Stay away from starchy foods:white rice,sugary drinks,tortillas of any kind,candy

*Eat whole grains opposed to whole wheat.

*Try to eat less processed carb based foods

*Veggies are you friend

* You may want to consider doing low carb for 2 weeks can lose anywhere from 10-14 pounds if done right


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Your doing the right thing. Cardio work will work the muscle but not build muscle - unless your walking up some serious hills!
=D

Your friends are incorrect. Low resistance cardio will slim your legs both by making the muscle leaner and burning off fat. Walking, jogging, running, or biking long distances on a flat surface all work very well. On the other hand, high resistance cardio, such as sprinting or uphill running/biking, will make your leg muscles larger.

Heels will do both of those thing: when you wear them they create the illusion in thinner calves, but they work out your calf muscles and will end up making them larger in the end.

I have large muscular calves from my grandmother, so I'm trying to slim them as well. I found a site with this list of things and they are accurate and actually do help. It has some exercises, stretches, and some things to avoid doing:


1. Keep your heels down and avoid walking on the ball of your foot.

2. RUN to slim calves and reshape legs. Running is a powerful tool that allows you to slim down your legs and calves. Think about the physique of short- and long-distance runners. Endurance runners usually have thin legs, as opposed to sprinters who have very well developed calves and thigh muscles. Sprinting develops the calves, but endurance running does not and will in fact slim down calves. Run slower, but for longer distances (endurance running). To slim down your legs, slim thighs and calf muscles, do endurance cardio with little to no resistance. That means running on flat terrain when outdoors or keeping the resistance/ incline low on the cardio machines in the gym. This will slim down your legs and slim down your calves, while keeping your legs firm and shapely. Endurance running can reduce the size of the actual calf muscle and reduce the fatty tissue around it (and everywhere else), that is making the calf look bulky.

3. Avoid activities that primarily call for strength, power and speed from your legs muscles, as they will create bigger bulkier muscle. For example, short intense cardio workouts, workouts that require strength and exercises that involve resistance, incline or going up hills. Steep inclines on the treadmill particularly and hill running will develop calves and make big calves even bigger.

4. Avoid high-impact jumping movements, such as rope jumping. Swimming, walking, cross-training and the elliptical trainer are great to slim down calf muscles. The elliptical trainer is an excellent tool for low-impact cardio. However, keep the resistance on the low. Instead of burning calories by increasing resistance, exercise for longer periods. Walking slims down the lower legs as it lengthens the muscles between the back of the knee and the ankle.

5. Avoid the step machine and other types of climbing exercises, as these type of exercises target the calf muscles to increase size.

6. Resistance Training. You can either avoid training this area completely or if you prefer use light weights and high reps. Resistance exercises that target the calf muscles will tend to increase the size of the calf muscle - not slim down calves. Remember there is no such thing as spot reduction. If you need to lose fat around your calf muscles you can only do so through diet, cardio or even liposuction. But you cannot do exercises that will reduce the fat around the calf muscles alone.

7. Stretching makes muscles appear longer and leaner. Stretching lengthens bulked-up muscles. You could try stretching classes, yoga or pilates. A great stretching exercise for the calf muscles is a wall push-up. Stand with your front foot approximately one foot from a wall and your back foot about three feet from a wall. Your back leg should be straight, the front leg bent and your hands resting against the wall, while you lean forward. Your feet should be pointing straight ahead and your heels on the ground. Hold for 15 – 30 seconds, switch legs and repeat. You should feel the stretch in the back of your leg.

8. Pilates is an excellent tool to shape and elongate your legs and body.

9. Ankle circles moves: Sit on a chair, with your back straight and firmly against the back of the chair. Slowly circle your left foot clockwise. Do this six times. Then repeat counter-clockwise six times. Repeat the exercise with the right foot.

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