Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
Trains the calves. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a calves exercise that is, there are 4 on the Calves page.
Muscles worked
What Standing Calf Raise (Machine) trains
Technique
How to do the Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
- Position your shoulders under the pads of the standing calf raise machine and place the balls of your feet on the platform with your heels hanging off the edge.
- Stand up straight to lift the weight, keeping your legs extended with a slight bend in the knees.
- Raise your heels as high as possible by pressing through the balls of your feet, squeezing your calves at the top.
- Slowly lower your heels below the level of the platform for a full stretch. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Use a full range of motion, lowering your heels below the platform and rising as high as possible.
- Avoid bouncing at the bottom of the movement; pause briefly in the stretched position.
- Keep your knees slightly bent but stationary so the calves do all the work.
- Exhale as you rise and inhale as you lower your heels.
Substitutes
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The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Standing Calf Raise (Machine) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.