How strong are your calves? Find out with this simple at home strength test! Set up a metronome for 60 beats per minute. Perform as many single leg calf raises as possible going up for 1 second and down for 1 second. Stop if you start to lose height, or you fall off the metronome’s tempo. Avoid cheating: swinging your leg for momentum, bending your knee or hiking your hips. How many can you do? In general we want runners to be able to do 25 calf raises with good form. But here’s some more detail
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How strong are your calves? Find out with this simple at home strength test! Set up a metronome for 60 beats per minute. Perform as many single leg calf raises as possible going up for 1 second and down for 1 second. Stop if you start to lose height, or you fall off the metronome’s tempo. Avoid cheating: swinging your leg for momentum, bending your knee or hiking your hips. How many can you do? In general we want runners to be able to do 25 calf raises with good form. But here’s some more detail
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