Seated Calf Raises
The seated calf raise is a great machine that allows you to strengthen and define the calf muscle. Muscles Involved: Calves.
Body Alignment:
o Sit down on a seated calf-raise machine.
o Place the balls of your feet on the platform and the kneepad on the lower part of your front thigh.
o Keep your torso and head squared to the front.
o Brace the transverse abdominals.
Movement:
o Slowly lower your heels and let your calf muscles stretch as far down as possible.
o Hold that stretch for a couple of seconds.
o Push off the balls of your feet and come up to your tiptoes, pressing the weight up as high as possible.
o Lower the weight slowly.
o Repeat.
Training Tip:
Maintain a good, strict form and do not use momentum.
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