Toe Raises w/ Balance Board

Toe Raises are done by balancing your heels on your balance board (or any moderate decline) then alternately raising your toes toward you knees, then lowering them toward the floor. You'll need to do about 30 to 50 reps to adequately stimulate these muscles. Do 3 to 4 sets, with about 30 seconds rest in between. Bend your knees to a 1/2 squat position to make this exercise more challenging.

There are other technically and mechanically more efficient (in theory, anyway due to the ankle joints' leverage class) methods of conditioning the front of your lower leg. In reality, I've found the method described above to be the simplest and most sport specific dorsi flexion exercise available primarily because your training here precisely parallels the actual sports action used on the hill.