Technique
- Stand on the balls of your feet on a ledge.
- Slowly descend your heels as low as they can go and pause at the bottom.
- Smoothly drive he heels up as high as they will go, until you are on your tiptoes and pause at the top.
- Hold onto something for support or hold your palms against the wall for balance (but don’t use the support to put less weight on your feet).
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
Single-leg ledge calf raise
Intermediate
Donkey calf raise
Novice
Weighted ledge calf raise
Novice
Regressions
Calf raise
Beginner
Wall push calf raise
Beginner
Variations
Weighted ledge calf raise
Novice
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