Ankle curls

[PhilsterT]

I just thought of this, but has anyone tried any form of ankle curls? For example, you could go to a cable machine and attach those black circle pads around your toes of your shoe and sit back and then just do some ankle curls. Hmm...any benefit?

[defcon]

I done them for rehab when I broke my ankle. Besides that, I dunno about any benefits

[d'Anconia]

I've thought about this before also. So you mean like the opposite of a calf exercise? I always thought the muscle for that was pretty d@mn small and probably wouldn't be able to get very big but I don't see any real reason not to. But now that I think about it, that muscle doesn't really do much and definitely doesn't come in use very often.

[Node]

But now that I think about it, that muscle doesn't really do much and definitely doesn't come in use very often.

When im walking really fast to the train station in my shoes, i feel it being used plenty - trainers are sooo much more comfortable.

[Ricochet_kid]

I do an exercise for this muscle where you put your heel on one 45lb plate, and then put your toes underneath another plate, and lift your toes up. It is meant to work the muscle where your shin is. I don't know if this muscle would ever get too big, but I think it is a good idea to work it for sake of balancing out opposing muscles. That's the principle by which I started doing it anyway. I usually do this in between my sets of calf raises.

[Nuts]

Grab a treadmill and adjust it to max incline, you'll see that muscle soon enough.

[b_sinning]

Stand backwards in a standing calf machine and lift your toes up.

[Anthony]

It works your tibias (http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/TibialisAnterior.html) which can be of benefit if you have a muscle imbalance causing shin splints. I usually sit on a decline bench with a dumbbell between my feet - works very well.

[Ricochet_kid]

Stand backwards in a standing calf machine and lift your toes up.

How does that work? wouldn't the weight still be on your heels?

[b_sinning]

How does that work? wouldn't the weight still be on your heels?

It's a reverse standing calf raise. Try it. It works the muscles along the front of your shin. It will end up making your lower leg look wider.

[Ricochet_kid]

It's a reverse standing calf raise. Try it. It works the muscles along the front of your shin. It will end up making your lower leg look wider.

well, thats cool if it works, I'd never heard of it before.

[Miker]

You have to be careful with your ankles.. it is mostly tendons and ligaments and too much weight or too much work.. can easily cause you some serious problems from tendonitis to rips and tears... and.. ankle surgeries are done rarely for the same reason.. you can really get ****ed up if you mess too much with your ankles.