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.

Other ways to train this

• Standing 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
• Barbell Calf Raises BarbellIntermediate

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