Will using weight machines at a gym help or hinder a runner? Specifically, machines for leg presses, leg curls and leg extensions.
Will using weight machines at a gym help or hinder a runner? Specifically, machines for leg presses, leg curls and leg extensions.
Find a calf raise machine where you lift with your shoulders while perched on the balls of your feet.
Here is a photo of the device.
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It worked wonders for me by strengthening my previously vulnerable gastrocnemus and soleus muscles in the back of the lower leg.
I'd be able to do that with an Olympic bar on the Smith Machine. Would 3 sets of 10 reps be sufficient?