Sumo Squat With Calf Raise

Instructions

1. 1.Begin by standing with your feet a bit wider than shoulder width apart and turn your feet outwards, externally rotating your hips. This is your starting position.
2. 2.With your hands crossed over each other, push your hips back and squat downwards.
3. 3.After a brief pause, return to the starting position then push up from the balls of your feet at the top of the movement, contracting your calf muscles in the process.
4. 4.Return your feet back to their starting positions.
5. 5.Repeat for as many repetitions/time as is required.

Tips

• Perform the reps slowly and in a controlled manner.
• Make sure to push through your heels when rising.
• Perform the motion in a controlled manner, using momentum as little as possible.

Breathing Instructions

Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the concentric (elevation) portion.

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