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Calf Raises on Hackenschmitt Machine

Calves

Description

Place yourself on the machine with your back firmly against the backrest, the feet are on the platform for calf raises. Check that the feet are half free and that you can completely stretch the calf muscles down.

With straight knees pull up your weight as much as you can. Go with a fluid movement down till the calves are completely stretched. Repeat.

Muscles

Front
Back

Primary muscles

  • Calves (gastrocnemius)

Secondary muscles

  • Soleus

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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: perteus, wgerjhn, wger.de, jptjptjptjpt). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).