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Also known as: One-leg squat calf raise.

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Technique

  1. Stand on one leg and bend at the knee as far as your flexibility allows, while keeping the chest upright.
  2. Lift your heel off the ground to get on the ball of your foot, while keeping the angle at the knee and hip.
  3. Slowly come back down to the starting position.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Legs

Secondary

  • Quadriceps
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Pelvis
  • Hip adductors
  • Gastrocnemius
  • Soleus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Flexor hallucis brevis

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Ankleplantarflexion
FootToes flexion
trains stretches

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Regressions

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Single-leg calf raise

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Patrick step to reverse lunge

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Front-Staggered Squat

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Pigeon squat

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Curtsy lunge

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