Technique
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
- Slowly raise your heels off the ground as high as possible, balancing on the ball of your feet and keeping the knees straight.
- Come down slowly.
Form tips
- Do not bounce on the heels, keep control of the motion.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Legs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Joint movements
Progressions
Standing toes to heels
Novice
Single-leg calf raise
Novice
Ledge calf raise
Novice
Bent-knee calf raise
Novice
Weighted calf raise
Novice
Variations
Weighted calf raise
Novice
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