Standing Calf Raise
Standing Calf Raise helps you build larger calve muscles. It also improves ankle strength and stability, helps with injury prevention, improves athletic performance,
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Squat to Calf Raise
A combo exercise finishing a squat with a calf raise, strengthening the quads, glutes, and calves while improving balance and lower-body control.
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Instructions
- Start with a sumo squat with your legs apart, toes pointing out to the sides, and thighs parallel to the floor. Lift your heels off the floor and flex your calves.
- Lower your heels and return to the starting position. Repeat until the set is complete.
Tips
- Keep your abs tight, your back straight, and keep your knees in line with your toes.
- As you exhale, lift your heels and tighten your calves, then slowly lower your legs back to the starting position.
Alternative Exercises
Standing Dumbbell Calf Raise
Standing Dumbbell Calf Raise targets the lower leg and increase strength in the calves and the muscles around the ankle.
Bodyweight Squat
Bodyweight Squat builds your lower-body muscles that specifically activate muscles like the hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes, and calf muscles. Doing squats can help you prepare for other strength-training exercises like deadlifts.
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