Technique
- Stand upright holding weights in your hands or on your shoulders.
- Slowly lift your heels from the ground, balancing on the balls of your feet.
- Pause briefly at the top and lower with control.
Form tips
- Maintain a slow and controlled rhythm.
- Do not bounce on your heels at the bottom.
Logging: Total weight used.
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
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Progressions
Weighted single leg calf raise
Novice
Weighted ledge calf raise
Novice
Extended deck squat
Novice
Regressions
Calf raise
Beginner
Leg press calf raise
Beginner
Seated leg press calf raise
Beginner
Variations
Calf raise
Beginner
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Ledge calf raise
Novice
Single-leg seated leg press calf raise
Beginner
Single-leg bent-knee leg press calf raise
Beginner
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