Seated Calf Raises

How to do it

1. Sit in the machine and set the pads across your thighs, just above the knees.
2. Place the balls of your feet on the platform, heels hanging off.
3. Release the catch and let your heels sink into a full stretch.
4. Press up onto your toes and squeeze at the top.
5. Bent knees shift the work to the soleus underneath - do these as well as a standing version, not instead of.

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. Compared with the Seated Leg Curl, it loads Hamstrings 95 points lower, Calves 70 points higher.

Other ways to train this

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

Other exercises for the Calves

• Seated Leg Curl 15% Machines
• Lying Leg Curl 15% Machines
• Leg Press 10% Machines
• Hack Squat 10% Machines

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