Legs Beginner
Rank #75 of 100
Calf Raise
Rising onto the balls of the feet and lowering with control, directly training the gastrocnemius and soleus.
- Equipment
- Optional step
- Focus
- Squat, lunge and jump
Muscles worked
- Calves
How to do it well
- 1 Use a step to reach a deeper stretch.
- 2 Pause at the top of each rep.
- 3 Perform single-leg to add load.
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