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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 08, 2017, 01:10:47 pm »When doing calf raises, do you ever get that situation when you are going on to the balls of the feet, the feet rotates outwards and you find yourself doing calf raises using the outer half of your feet. How do you fix it if it is a problem? maybe if you point both toes inwards?
me personally? nope.. I don't know of any corrective magic for it, but, if you can do say 10-20 reps with proper form, then it slips into that inverted form, sounds purely like some muscle weakness going on, which is better than some structural issue.
pointing toes inwards could help but, i'd imagine you could actively engage internal rotators of hip, adductors of thigh, and focus on plantar flexing neutral, through the big toe. I mean if you're peroneals are weak, I imagine that could be the culprit. Not sure if direct peroneal work (with bands) would have much of an effect.. single leg lateral plank is better at targeting the peroneals imho, but muscles at the hip seem to fatigue quicker.
some dynamic strengthening exercises for it could be side to side single leg line hops (minimal vertical emphasis, just side to side low hops over a line).. should set them on fire if they are weak.
