Smith Machine Calf Raise

Calves · Smith machine

How to do it

Guided bar on your shoulders and the balls of your feet on a plate or step. Full range up and down. The rails hold your balance so you can focus on range and pauses. You feel the gastrocnemius. Same rule as the rest: pause top and bottom, no bouncing.

Variants

The drawing shows one way of doing it, and the technique above describes that one. Almost every exercise has variants — standing or seated, the grip, the bench angle — and is still the same exercise: if you do it another way, write it in the exercise note and you will have it every time you train it.

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