Single-Leg Calf Raise

Start

Finish

similar: Standing Dumbbell Calf Raise

How to do it

Stand on one foot with a hand on a wall for balance, push all the way up onto the ball of the foot until the ankle is fully extended, then lower slowly until the heel is back down.

Muscles worked

Primary: calves

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

• Bouncing off the bottom, which lets the Achilles tendon do the work instead of the calf muscle
• Rolling onto the outside edge of the foot at the top rather than pressing through the big toe
• Pulling on the wall with the hand instead of just steadying yourself

Variations

• Hold a dumbbell in the free hand
• Three-second lowering phase
• Pause two seconds at the top

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Standing Calf Raise
• Deficit Calf Raise
• Dumbbell Calf Raise
• Band Calf Raise

Related exercises

• Jump Ropecalves
• Standing Calf Raisecalves
• Deficit Calf Raisecalves
• Donkey Calf Raisecalves
• Tibialis Raisecalves
• Band Calf Raisecalves