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Foot-SMR

Foot-SMR is a intermediate stretching exercise. It works the calves.

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Main muscles
calves

How to do it

  1. This exercise stretches the fascia of the muscles in the feet. Start off seated with your shoes removed. Using a foot roller or a similar object, such as a small section of pvc pipe, place your foot against the roller across the arch of your foot. This will be your starting position.
  2. Press down firmly, rolling across the arch of your foot. Hold for 10-30 seconds, and then switch feet.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Foot-SMR: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin