Exercise With Your Baby - Suggestion 8: Calf Raises

Do you have stairs in your home? If not, do you have a stool?

A quick exercise that you can do with your baby is Calf Raises on a stair or step stool. As you use not only your weight, but the weight of your baby (feel free to add layers of clothing to your baby for more weight), you can complete a quick set in no time!

Calf Raises:

1) Stand straight and face your stairs or step stool.

2) Set your legs shoulder width apart and lift your baby into your arms and against your chest. This is the Start Position. 

3) Step onto the first stair and/or step on the step stool with the balls of both feet so that the rest of your foot has the ability to be raised up and down. . 

4) Lower yourself as low as you can go while still maintaining your balance with just the balls of your feet still on the stair / step stool and hold for 3 seconds. 

5) Raise yourself as high as you can go on your tippy toes and hold for 3 seconds.

6) Repeat steps 4 & 5 for a total of 10 reps. 

7) Rest for 60 seconds.  

8) Complete 3 sets.