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Calf Press

CalvesMachineBeginnerIsolation
Calf Press — start position
Start
Calf Press — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryCalves

How to do it

  1. 01

    Adjust the seat so that your legs are only slightly bent in the start position. The balls of your feet should be firmly on the platform.

  2. 02

    Select an appropriate weight, and grasp the handles. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Straighten the legs by extending the knees, just barely lifting the weight from the stack. Your ankle should be fully flexed, toes pointing up. Execute the movement by pressing downward through the balls of your feet as far as possible.

  4. 04

    After a brief pause, reverse the motion and repeat.

In the app

Calf Press appears when you own the machine and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the machine

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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