Smith Machine Standing Calf Raise
Place a small plate or block under the front of a Smith machine. Set the bar at shoulder height and step under it with the balls of your feet on the plate and heels hanging off. Unrack the bar across your upper traps. Press up onto your toes as high as possible, squeeze the calves, then lower slowly until you feel a deep stretch.
CALVES · LOWER BODY
How it is executed
- Place a small plate or block under the front of a Smith machine.
- Set the bar at shoulder height and step under it with the balls of your feet on the plate and heels hanging off.
- Unrack the bar across your upper traps.
- Press up onto your toes as high as possible, squeeze the calves, then lower slowly until you feel a deep stretch.
- Muscles worked
- Calves
- Primary muscle
- Calves
- Equipment
- Smith machineOther
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
Glossary and calculators
RPE (rate of perceived exertion)RPE is a 1-to-10 scale on which someone rates how hard an effort felt.Warm-up setsWarm-up sets are the sets before the real work, with rising load and falling reps, that prepare the pattern and the nervous system for the target load.Heart rate zone calculatorWhat your heart rate zones are
