Aching Calf Muscle

By: It is important for anyone who is just beginning or has recently started training with weights to understand how to build their strength without injuring themselves. By: What workout routines should be the focus for women? Should their focus be primarily on building muscle, burning fat, building strength, toning or what? By: If you've decided to take on a weight lifting program - good for you! The decision to take it on is sometimes a step that you never get around to, but it is obviously very necessary. The next job is to find the right weight lifting program for you. By: This week University of Southern California football running back, Stafon Johnson, was bench pressing during training when the bar slipped out of his hands and landed on his throat causing severe laryngeal as well as neck injuries. Understanding the use proper bench press technique may not have helped Johnson avoid this accident but it can help athletes avoid injuries such as tendon or muscle tears as well as build the muscles more effectively. By: The lower portion of the leg or the calf consist of the Gastrocnemius which is the big muscle at the back of the lower leg and the Soleus muscle which is a smaller muscle lower down in the leg and under the Gastrocnemius. Either of these two muscles can be strained or torn resulting in an aching calf muscle. A common problem in athletes is tight calf muscles, especially in runners.

The symptoms are a gradual tightening in the calf muscles which can get worse when running or improve while runnin By: Your abdominal muscles are among the things you want to look good, and your lower abdominal muscles are especially important as part of your workout routine.

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