Single-leg Machine Standing Calf Raise
- Primary muscles
- Calves
- Secondary muscles
- None
- Equipment
- Machine
- Movement pattern
- None
Steps
- 1 Stand on the machine with your shoulders under the pads and your hands gripping the handles. Place the ball of one foot on the platform, allowing your heel to drop below the edge, and hook your free foot behind the working ankle.
- 2 Rise onto the ball of your working foot, lifting your heel as high as possible and contracting your calf.
- 3 Slowly lower your heel back below the platform, feeling a stretch in your calf. Complete all repetitions on one side, then switch to the other foot.
