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How to Do Standing Soleus And Achilles Stretch

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the standing soleus and achilles stretch.

How to do it

1. Stand with your feet hip-distance apart, one foot slightly in front of the other.
2. Bend both knees, keeping your back heel on the floor. Switch sides.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.