Since stretching is equally as important as strengthening, Houston recommends warming up by walking, lateral stepping, and performing walking high knees with your toes pointed down for five minutes.
Follow that with a dynamic calf stretch at a wall: "Your hands will meet the wall at about shoulder height with one foot in front of the other, both heels planted, and your toes pointing forward. From there, find motion in the hips (forward and back or side to side) and take some bends in the knees."
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