Calves · Body weight · Beginner
How to do 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.
- Primary muscle
- Calves
- Also works
- Hamstrings and Glutes
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Beginner
- Category
- Legs
How to do Standing Calves, step by step
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointing forward.
- Raise your heels off the ground as high as possible, standing on your toes.
- Hold the position for a moment, then slowly lower your heels back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Muscles worked
Standing Calves works your calves as the main mover, with help from your hamstrings and glutes.
Track Standing Calves in SPLYT
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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