Barbell Calf Raises

How to do it

1. Set a bar across your upper back as for a squat and stand on a step or plate with the balls of your feet.
2. Heels hanging off the back, legs straight but knees soft.
3. Let your heels sink into a stretch.
4. Press up onto your toes and pause.
5. Balance is the limit here, not strength - stand near a rack.

Muscles it trains

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

Other ways to train this

• Standing Calf Raises Machines
• Seated Calf Raises Machines
• Leg Press Calf Raises Machines
• Dumbbell Calf Raises Dumbbells
• Single-Leg Calf Raises Bodyweight
• Smith Machine Calf Raises Smith machine
• Band Calf Raises Resistance bands

Photos and form cues from free-exercise-db, released into the public domain.