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n. - A broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle.

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  • You have your quad, your hamstrings and your calves and your soleus.
  • Here's my one caveat, though: You can expect your calf muscles to scream at you for a while--specifically, the soleus.
  • On the back of the leg the most important muscles, forming what is known as the calf, are the gastrocnemius and the soleus.
  • The fine, swelling gastroenemius and soleus muscles characterize the highest races, and are most remote from the slender shanks of the monkeys.
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