Smith Machine Calf Raises

How to do it

1. Set the bar on the rails at shoulder height and put a step or plate underneath.
2. Position the bar across your upper back and stand with the balls of your feet on the step.
3. Let your heels sink into a stretch.
4. Press up onto your toes and hold for a beat.
5. The rails balance the bar, so all you have to think about is the ankle.

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
• Band Calf Raises Resistance bands
• Barbell Calf Raises BarbellIntermediate

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