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Calf Raises - With Bands
Calf Raises - With Bands is a beginner strength exercise using bands. It works the calves.
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- Main muscles
- calves
How to do it
- Grab an exercise band and stand on it with your toes making sure that the length of the band between the foot and the arms is the same for both sides.
- While holding the handles of the band, raise the arms to the side of your head as if you were getting ready to perform a shoulder press. The palms should be facing forward with the elbows bent and to the sides. This movement will create tension on the band. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping the hands by your shoulder, stand up on your toes as you exhale and contract the calves hard at the top of the movement.
- After a one second contraction, slowly go back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
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- Dumbbell Seated One-Leg Calf Raise · dumbbell, beginner
- Rocking Standing Calf Raise · barbell, beginner
- Seated Calf Raise · machine, beginner
- Smith Machine Calf Raise · machine, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).