Instructions
Preparation
- Place seat away from platform. Sit on seat and place feet
on platform. Grasp handles to sides and extend hips and knees.
Place toes and balls of feet on lower portion of platform with
heels and arches extending off.
Execution
- Push sled by extending ankles as far as possible. Return
by bending ankles until calves are stretched. Repeat.
Comments
- Position seat back yet not so far that weight bottoms out
during stretch. Reposition stance if feet slip. Keep knees straight
throughout exercise or bend knees slightly only during stretch.
Quadriceps serve as synergists muscle if knees are bent slightly
during stretch.
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Classification
Muscles
Target
Synergists
Stabilizers
- No significant stabilizers
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