When you run – or do any high impact activity such as hopping, jumping, skipping etc – your calf muscles act like a spring to absorb the impact. If you are new to this activity, if you are modifying your running technique, or even if you are simply adding more of this to your exercise routine, you’ll probably get tight calf muscles.
To avoid strain and injury you need to stretch your calves religiously!
Most runners are familiar with the gastrocnemius and soleus stretches. If you are lazy and don’t get around to the rest then these are the ones you must do.
I was so pleasantly surprised with the success of my previous 
I’ve previously posted about 
At the start of the year, I challenged myself and everyone else to 
When you first clean up your diet by eliminating processed foods and increasing nutritious foods you lose a fair bit of weight. This is mostly water and some fat. After a week or two the weight loss slows down and it’s at this point you know you’re losing fat and not water anymore. Unfortunately this rate of loss can be painfully slow for some, and you just want to find another strategy to keep up a higher rate of fat loss. 
