Technique
- Stand on the ball of your foot on a ledge.
- Slowly descend your heel is as low as it can go and pause at the bottom.
- Smoothly drive he heel up as high as it 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 foot).
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
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
Weighted single leg ledge calf raise
Intermediate
Regressions
Single-leg calf raise
Novice
Ledge calf raise
Novice
One-leg wall push calf raise
Novice
Variations
Weighted single leg ledge calf raise
Intermediate
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