Tips To Help With Skinny Claves/Shins?

[Anonymous]

Hey guys as my title suggest I have VERY skinny calves and shine. My upper legs are quite solid but my lower legs are beyond skinny. Wondering if anyone knows of any particularly good workouts/ideas which I could use at home to try and improve the issue

[Anonymous]

Standing calf raises and seated calf raises. I like to do lighter weight more reps with standing calf raises to tone up the Gastrocnemius which gives you that two balled look and then heavier weight and less reps for the seated which will inflate the soleus and make your calves puff out more.

[Asker]

Thanks for the answer sadly i'm not able to get to the gym am I able to do these at home? And how many sets/reps should I be looking at?

[Opinion Owner]

Sure you can try at home. One thing you can do is fill a backpack with heavy crap and then have the balls of your feet on the edge of a step (so don't do this at the top of a staircase but the bottom in case you fall) and then do calf raises like that. Usually I do like around 4-6 sets of like 8-12 reps. But it'll depend if you can stack enough weight that makes you max out at 12 reps.

[hellokitty_baby]

weighted calf raises, sprinting, and any hill work from hiking to walking on a very high incline on the treadmill

[Asker]

Would something like skipping help? Also thanks for answering

[hellokitty_baby]

probably, if you think about it skipping is just calf raising your body weight