Calf exercises
Your calves lift your heel. Straight-knee raises load the larger gastrocnemius, while bent-knee raises shift the work toward the soleus underneath — most programmes benefit from both.
47 exercises
Main movers
- Bent-Knee Barbell Calf RaiseIntermediateBarbell
- Bent-Knee Cable Calf RaiseIntermediateCable
- Bent-Knee Calf RaiseBeginnerBodyweight
- Bent-Knee Dumbbell Calf RaiseIntermediateDumbbells
- Bodyweight calf raiseBeginnerBodyweight
- Deficit Dumbbell Calf RaiseIntermediateDumbbells
- Downward dogBeginnerBodyweight
- Seated Barbell Calf RaiseIntermediateBarbell
- Seated Cable Calf RaiseIntermediateCable
- Seated calf raiseBeginnerMachine
- Seated Dumbbell Calf RaiseBeginnerDumbbells
- Single-Leg Bent-Knee Cable Calf RaiseIntermediateCable
- Single-Leg Bent-Knee Calf RaiseIntermediateBodyweight
- Single-Leg Seated Dumbbell Calf RaiseBeginnerDumbbells
- Single-Leg Standing Cable Calf RaiseIntermediateCable
- Single-Leg Standing Dumbbell Calf RaiseIntermediateDumbbells
- Squat Calf RaiseIntermediateBodyweight
- Standing Barbell Calf RaiseIntermediateBarbell
- Standing Cable Calf RaiseBeginnerCable
- Standing calf raiseBeginnerMachine
- Standing Dumbbell Calf RaiseBeginnerDumbbells
- Wall-Sit Calf RaiseIntermediateBodyweight
Also worked
- Ankle dorsiflexion drillBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight split squatBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight squatBeginnerBodyweight
- Box jumpIntermediateBodyweight
- Elliptical trainerBeginnerMachine
- High kneesBeginnerBodyweight
- Incline treadmill walkBeginnerMachine
- Jump ropeBeginnerBodyweight
- Jump squatIntermediateBodyweight
- Jumping jacksBeginnerBodyweight
- Lying Cable Leg CurlIntermediateCable
- Lying Dumbbell Leg CurlIntermediateDumbbells
- Lying leg curlBeginnerMachine
- Nordic hamstring curlAdvancedBodyweight
- Seated Cable Leg CurlIntermediateCable
- Seated leg curlBeginnerMachine
- Single-leg Romanian deadliftIntermediateDumbbells
- Skater jumpIntermediateBodyweight
- Sled pushIntermediateMachine
- Stair climberBeginnerMachine
- Standing Cable Leg CurlBeginnerCable
- Standing hamstring stretchBeginnerBodyweight
- Stationary bikeBeginnerMachine
- Step-upBeginnerDumbbells
- Treadmill runBeginnerMachine