Dumbbell Seated One-Leg Calf Raise

Technique

How to perform Dumbbell Seated One-Leg Calf Raise

1. Place a stable block close enough to a flat bench that you can plant the ball of one foot on it while seated.
2. Sit on a flat bench and place a dumbbell across your lower left thigh, close to but not on your knee.
3. Now place the ball of your left foot on the block.
4. This will be your starting position.
5. Raise your toes up as high as possible as you exhale and you contract your calf muscle.
6. Hold the contraction for a second.
7. Slowly return to the starting position, stretching as far down as possible.
8. Repeat for your prescribed number of repetitions and then repeat with the right leg.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Gastrocnemius.