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23 Jan
1:24pm, 23 Jan 2024
2,980 posts
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riggys99
I found it helps. At the very least it has reduced the impact of a calf injury. However I have been a bit lax lately on all strength and conditioning training.
One other thing I found may have helped was using a tennis ball to apply pressure to the calf (like using a roller) especially after hard or long runs
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23 Jan
1:30pm, 23 Jan 2024
49,244 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Thanks riggys. I do foam roller quite often - 3x per week.
Wonder if I just need to do more calf strengthening. I only do 3x per week too, but have read that daily or even 2x per day?
What do you do? Just calf raises?  G
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23 Jan
1:30pm, 23 Jan 2024
49,245 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Oops G
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23 Jan
1:35pm, 23 Jan 2024
2,981 posts
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riggys99
Thanks riggys. I do foam roller quite often - 3x per week. Wonder if I just need to do more calf strengthening. I only do 3x per week too, but have read that daily or even 2x per day? What do you do? Just calf raises? G
I also do hill sprints quite often. I feel that these help especially as i tend to get up on my toes a bit. Nothing to back this up though 😁
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23 Jan
1:37pm, 23 Jan 2024
2,982 posts
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riggys99
Used to do them once a day most days now not as often. Like most runners I tend to do rehab not prehab
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23 Jan
1:39pm, 23 Jan 2024
67,468 posts
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Velociraptor
2 lots of 12 calf raises on each side holding a light dumbbell is one of my current strength training pick'n'mix options. When I'm training in the garage I'll stand with my forefoot on a barbell plate and add an element of drop.
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23 Jan
1:47pm, 23 Jan 2024
2,983 posts
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riggys99
2 lots of 12 calf raises on each side holding a light dumbbell is one of my current strength training pick'n'mix options. When I'm training in the garage I'll stand with my forefoot on a barbell plate and add an element of drop.
I tend to do mine on the stairs to get the drop. Have thought about dumbbells but not tried that yet
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23 Jan
2:24pm, 23 Jan 2024
67,471 posts
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Velociraptor
I'm not that bothered about the drop, I just slot calf raises in as a supersetting exercise that gives everything above my knees a bit of a break. Had to leave them off for a bit when my fibula was flaky so they obviously work *something* (lunges were the other thing I couldn't do) but they're back in the mix now.
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21 May
5:46pm, 21 May 2024
907 posts
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Funky Chicken
Thought I'd do a search to see if there had been any talk of calf raises / heel drops. Heel drops had been recommended to me in the past to help with Achilles issues but I wasn't very consistent in my application previously.
I saw an osteopath last week, who told me all my ankle and Achilles problems are due to me having 'short calves' - he reckoned it was putting more strain on the tendons in my foot and ankle region, and recommended doing heel drops each morning and evening to strengthen the calves so that they take a bit more of the burden.
Separate from this, I've been reading about the Alfredson Protocol, which recommends 180 eccentric reps per day. So for a couple of days last week I did 10x 3 reps spread out 6 times across the day. I've now tweaked that to 10x 9 reps twice daily, and am definitely feeling that it's doing a bit more work on the calves each time.
Currently I'm doing both feet together, but I may switch to single raises further down the line depending on how it goes.
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