This has to be the craziest thing I have read in my whole life. As one who jogged for at least 20 years, little did I know I could just sit around and raise my calf? You must be kidding? Did I say that already. So here is a link to my search on google. FYI they call it a soleus push up. Give me a break, its a calf raise, who hasnt done these? In fact you probably did the harder one, maybe standing and off of the curb.

Here is a link to the article on National Institute of Health. So there is some stuff about slow twitch muscle and other things I dont totally understand but apparently they did the research and, I for one am all in favor of sitting on my butt vs running 5 miles. Granted as you can see from the graph its not doing the max Vo2 like running but it is doing more specific Oxygen consumption in that muscle. Go figure.

Hey you can sign me up for every hack that makes my exercise easier. my health better and makes me more beautiful. I know I cant get much more handsome otherwise it will be a problem. I will try to read more articles on this and write more. But wanted to get it out for you to explore if you want. Why waste one more hour of sitting on our butt without getting an extraordinary benefit with a truly minimal effort?