Calves-SMR

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Calves-SMR — Roller Calves exercise demonstration
Calves-SMR — Roller Calves exercise demonstration
Body part
Lower Legs
Target
Calves
Equipment
Roller

Instructions

  1. 1Begin seated on the floor. Place a foam roller underneath your lower leg. Your other leg can either be crossed over the opposite or be placed on the floor, supporting some of your weight. This will be your starting position.
  2. 2Place your hands to your side or just behind you, and press down to raise your hips off of the floor, placing much of your weight against your calf muscle. Roll from below the knee to above the ankle, pausing at points of tension for 10-30 seconds. Repeat for the other leg.

Get this via the API

This exercise — and the full catalog of 873 — as structured JSON.

GET /v1/exercises/{slug}
curl -H "X-API-Key: wk_live_…" \
  "https://api.work-out-db.com/v1/exercises/calves-smr"

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force
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mechanic
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lang
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Response

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Plans

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