Machine Standing Calf Raise

Start

Finish

How to do it

Set the shoulder pads so you stand tall with the balls of the feet on the platform and the legs straight, then press up onto the toes and lower until the heels sink below the platform.

Muscles worked

Primary: calves

Equipment

Machines, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Bending the knees to help lift the load, which shifts work off the gastrocnemius
• Using so much weight the range collapses to a couple of inches
• Leaning forward into the pads instead of keeping the body stacked upright

Variations

• One leg at a time
• Pause two seconds at the top and the bottom

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Standing Calf Raise
• Dumbbell Calf Raise
• Leg Press Calf Raise
• Donkey Calf Raise

Related exercises

• Jump Ropecalves
• Standing Calf Raisecalves
• Single-Leg Calf Raisecalves
• Deficit Calf Raisecalves
• Donkey Calf Raisecalves
• Tibialis Raisecalves