Standing Calf Raises

Calves · Machine

How to do it

Standing with the balls of your feet on a step and heels hanging, knees straight (not locked). Lower the heel until you feel a full stretch, pause a beat at the bottom, and rise to the very top of your toes with another squeeze. With the knee straight it works the **gastrocnemius**, the muscle that gives shape. The universal mistake is fast half-range bouncing: that trains nothing.

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