Calves · Body weight · Beginner

How to do Chair Style Standing Calves

The standing calves exercise is a bodyweight movement targeting the calf muscles. It involves raising your heels off the ground to stand on your toes, then lowering them back down, which helps build strength and endurance in the calves.

Chair Style Standing Calves demonstration
Primary muscle
Calves
Also works
Hamstrings and Glutes
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Beginner
Category
Legs

How to do Chair Style Standing Calves, step by step

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointing forward.
  2. Raise your heels off the ground as high as possible, standing on your toes.
  3. Hold the position for a moment, then slowly lower your heels back down to the starting position.
  4. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions. Emphasize chair control.

Muscles worked

Chair Style Standing Calves works your calves as the main mover, with help from your hamstrings and glutes.

Track Chair Style Standing Calves in SPLYT

Chair Style Standing Calves is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.

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