Calf Press

How to perform

1. 01Adjust 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. 02Select an appropriate weight, and grasp the handles. This will be your starting position.
3. 03Straighten 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. 04After a brief pause, reverse the motion and repeat.

Form cues

• —Drive through the full range — do not cut the lockout short.
• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.