Seated Dumbbell Calf Raise

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similar: Dumbbell Seated One-Leg Calf Raise

How to do it

Sit on a chair with the balls of the feet on a book or step and a dumbbell resting on each thigh just above the knee, then drive the heels up as high as possible and lower through full range.

Muscles worked

Primary: calves

Equipment

Dumbbells

Common mistakes

• Placing the dumbbells on the kneecap rather than on the meat of the lower thigh
• Using the hands to press the weights up with the legs
• Skipping the bottom stretch, which is the main reason to do the bent-knee version at all

Variations

• One leg at a time
• Two-second pause at the top of each rep

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Seated Calf Raise
• Standing Calf Raise
• Band Calf Raise
• Dumbbell Calf Raise

Related exercises

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