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Calf & Shin AD
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Phase 5 · Impact and return · Session AD

Thirty sessions.
Both legs.
Within ten per cent.

Graduation: the heel-raise count, the hop distance, the shin test and the ankle range — written down, side by side.

  • ADsession
  • P5Return
  • 12:00on the clock
  • — donecompleted

Return is judged on symmetry

Readiness to run is judged on heel-raise count and hop symmetry between legs, not on weeks passed.

Twenty-five is the standard

A healthy adult should manage in the region of 25 full-range single-leg heel raises. Most runners with shin pain cannot.

Two sessions a week holds it

Calf strength fades within weeks of stopping. Two sessions a week keep thirty days of work in place.

Three couplets · two rounds · twelve minutes · legs that take the miles

A

Calf test

Heel raise max + hop for distance
A1

Final heel raise test

60 s · slow reps

Maximum clean single-leg raises in 60 s each leg — compare with session 24.

Easier fingertips on a wall  ·  Harder backpack on

R1R2—
A2

Single-leg hop for distance

6/side · ×2

Hop as far as you can and stick it; measure both legs — within 10% is the target.

Easier hop and step down  ·  Harder further

R1R2
B

Spring test

Triple hop + rebound test
B1

Triple hop test

60 s · slow reps

Three linked maximal hops, sticking the last; measure the total on each side.

Easier two hops  ·  Harder further

R1R2—
B2

Rebound hop test

15 reps · ×2

Fifteen continuous hops; note whether the contacts stay short and quiet to the end.

Easier ten hops  ·  Harder one leg

R1R2
C

Shin and range

Toe and heel walk + knee-to-wall
C1

Toe-walk and heel-walk test

60 s · steps to beat

Thirty seconds on the toes, thirty on the heels — count the steps for each.

Easier hold a support  ·  Harder backpack on

R1R2—
C2

Ankle range check

10 × 5 s · ×2

Knee-to-wall on each side; measure and compare with sessions 6 and 12.

Easier closer  ·  Harder hold ten seconds

R1R2

The clock

Round 1settle in — 70%, perfect tracking
0:00A1 → A2
2:00B1 → B2
4:00C1 → C2
Round 2own it — beat Round 1 by quality
6:00A1 → A2
8:00B1 → B2
10:00C1 → C2

Each couplet: 60 s scored → the loading set → 10 s to move on. Done at 12:00.

How to run it

  1. Springs before miles: the calf must store and return load before it runs on it.
  2. Quiet feet are the test. A loud landing is a landing the muscle did not absorb.
  3. Return to running on alternate days only, and add roughly ten per cent a week, not more.
  4. Any return of the old shin or calf pain during or the morning after: drop back one week and hold.

Tick it off

MovementRound 1Round 2Best
A1Final heel raise testslow reps in 60 s —
A2Single-leg hop for distance6/side
B1Triple hop testslow reps in 60 s —
B2Rebound hop test15 reps
C1Toe-walk and heel-walk teststeps in 60 s —
C2Ankle range check10 × 5 s
Session time
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Date
TE-12-CALFSHIN-AD