Posterior tibialis stretch
Calves Rope
How to do it
- 1Sit on the floor with your legs extended in front of you.
- 2Loop the rope around the ball of your foot and grab the ends of the rope with both hands.
- 3Gently pull the rope toward you, dorsiflexing the foot and stretching the calf muscles.
- 4Hold the stretch for 20‑30 seconds.
- 5Release the tension on the rope and relax the foot.
- 6Repeat the stretch on the other leg.
More calves exercises
- Single leg calf raise (on a dumbbell)Dumbbells
- One leg floor calf raiseBodyweight
- Band single leg calf raiseResistance band
- Dumbbell seated one leg calf raise - palm upDumbbells
- Bodyweight standing calf raiseBodyweight
- Smith standing leg calf raiseSmith machine
- Smith one leg floor calf raiseSmith machine
- Exercise ball on the wall calf raiseDumbbells
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

