Michael Amato

The United States population has become profoundly physically inactive in recent years. This has contributed to an increase in health problems such as heart disease and diabetes. This is true not just in the US, but extends worldwide. Many of the world’s leading causes of death can be traced to lifestyle behaviors, with physical inactivity …

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While resistance training for the calf muscles is typically the butt of jokes in bodybuilding gym culture, there are some legitimate benefits to increasing the strength of your calf muscles that the bodybuilders may have inadvertently been correct about. The calf contains two main muscles that serve to flex the ankle downwards, an action known …

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