Standing Calf Raises

How to do it

1. Set the shoulder pads to your height and stand with the balls of your feet on the platform, heels hanging off.
2. Stand up to take the weight, legs straight but knees not locked hard.
3. Let your heels sink as far below the platform as they will go - that stretch is the point.
4. Push up onto your toes as high as you can and pause for a beat.
5. Lower slowly. Bouncing off the bottom is the most common way to waste this exercise.

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 Seated Calf Raises, it loads Calves 15 points higher. Compared with the Seated Leg Curl, it loads Hamstrings 95 points lower, Calves 85 points higher.

Other ways to train this

• Seated 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.