Thank Your Calves For All They Do With This Bodyweight Leg Workout

Here, make sure to maintain a bent knee while contracting and relaxing the calf muscles, Houston says. You'll be strengthening your quads, too, by targeting your soleus muscle.

• Take the feet out wider than the hips, turn the toes out, and bend into the knees.
• Reach your hands out in front of you at shoulder height or rest on a wall for stability.
• Hold the bent knee and plie-squat position, and alternate lifting one heel before pressing it back down to the floor without letting it drop.
• Alternate lifts 10-20 times on each side while holding the plie position.