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    ankle holding back my calf

    hey yall. I just finished working out my legs and could not train calfs to hard due to my ankle. my right calf is about a half inch bigger, i guess cause its my stronger one, but i cant seem to get good workouts in my left calf. no matter what i do, it just seems to start hurting thru out the lifts. i just cant get that full contraction. my dad thinks it could be my akelies tendon (kno i didnt spell that rite lol) and said i dont want to mess that up. do any of yall have this problem or know of any techniques to do? any help would be appreciated. thanks bros

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    try jump rope, works the claves without as much pressure, try it out see if the impact doesn't effect you

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    stair stepper is also a good one to do on a cardio day it gives the calves a really good burn.

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    hmm...ill have to give those a try. thanks guys. i was thinking im just gonna get a brace for it and also just isolate my calves in my workouts and just go really lite to try to build the muscle up better. it sucks i cant work them out hard cause my arms are like an inch or two bigger which is not good lol

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    brace only when nede or in pain, try not to use the brace so much you become dependent on it

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