Strengthening your muscles with calf exercises and thigh exercises will help you climb stairs, ride a bike, and even walk more easily. Because your legs, especially your thighs, contain so much muscle mass, strengthening your leg muscles with resistance exercises will help your body burn calories even when you're sitting still.

If you're wondering how to slim your calves, there are two things you need to know. First, just like you can't spot-reduce belly fat, there's no way to focus on slimming your calves alone. Second, to lose fat in your calves, you need to have an overall fat-loss goal.