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Standing Calf Raises

Calves

Description

Get onto the calf raises machine, you should able to completely push your calves down. Stand straight, don't make a hollow back and don't bend your legs. Pull yourself up as high as you can. Make a small pause of 1 - 2 seconds and go slowly down.

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: Goulart, wger.de, clafal, admin, FEFFO). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).