Legs
seated-calf-raise
Sit upright on a chair with your feet flat on the floor, knees bent at 90 degrees. Ensure your ankles are directly below your knees.
- Equipment
- Gym Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Legs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- gastrocnemius
- soleus
Target muscles
- legs
How to perform
- 1
Sit upright on a chair with your feet flat on the floor, knees bent at 90 degrees.
- 2
Ensure your ankles are directly below your knees.
- 3
Keeping the balls of your feet firmly on the floor, slowly lift your heels as high as possible.
- 4
Squeeze your calf muscles at the peak of the contraction.
- 5
Slowly lower your heels back down to the starting position, feeling a stretch in your calves.
- 6
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Safety & form
Train smart. Read these notes before adding heavy load.
