Calf exercises can help you build big, strong calf muscles. Your calves help keep your ankles stable and strong, letting your feet leave and land on the ground correctly when you walk or jump.

Lower body strength training (like squats and lunges) requires strong ankles and stability. So you can't avoid working your calf muscles if you want to be fit and active.

Stronger calf muscles mean you can jump higher, run faster and lift heavier, reducing your likelihood of getting injured.

Check out these six calf exercises to help women increase their stamina:

Standing calf raises are the standard, go-to and one of the easiest exercises you can do to target your calf muscles.

This exercise works out your gastrocnemius, the largest muscle in the calf. Beginners can start off with the bodyweight version of the exercise before progressing to doing it with weights.

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Jumping jacks are a full body plyometric exercise that work out your glutes, quads, hip flexors, and calves.

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Lunge pulses activate a variety of muscles in your lower body. They help improve your balance and core strength, and are a good workout for your calves as well.

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An excellent cardio exercise, mountain climbers target your quads, glutes, hamstrings, and calves. They also help strengthen your calf muscles and increase your stamina.

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High knees work your quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, glutes, and hip flexors. This workout helps your quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, glutes, and hip flexors, making them stronger, more balanced, and coordinated. When done with a lot of jumping or explosive knee drives, high knees can also make your lower body stronger.

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The squat is, of course, an excellent lower body exercise that increases strength and power in your glutes, hamstrings, quads, and calves. The raised heel movement helps make this exercise more calf-centric.

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The aforementioned calf exercises can help you build big, strong calf muscles.

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