Band Calf Raises

How to do it

1. Stand on the middle of a band with the balls of your feet, or sit and loop it over your toes.
2. Hold the ends at hip height to create tension.
3. Push up onto your toes against the band.
4. Lower slowly to a full stretch.
5. Bands are light for calves - go for high reps and a hard squeeze rather than load.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

How it compares

Compared with the Standing Calf Raises, it loads Calves 15 points lower. It needs Resistance bands where the other uses Machines. Compared with the Banded Standing Leg Curl, it loads Hamstrings 80 points lower, Calves 65 points higher, Glutes 15 points lower.

Other ways to train this

• Standing Calf Raises Machines
• Seated Calf Raises Machines
• Hack Squat Calf Raises MachinesReference
• Dumbbell Calf Raises Dumbbells
• Single-Leg Calf Raises BodyweightReference
• Smith Machine Calf Raises Smith machine
• Barbell Calf Raises BarbellIntermediate
• Bodyweight Calf Raises Bodyweight
• Donkey Calf Raises BodyweightReference
• Plate-Loaded Donkey Calf Raise MachinesReference

Other exercises for the Calves

• Banded Standing Leg Curl 20% Resistance bands
• Band Squat 10% Resistance bands
• Jump Rope 80% Jump rope
• Jumping Jacks 75% Bodyweight

Exercise illustrations and data by RepDB (repdb.co), used under licence.