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Best Calves Exercises (44)
44 exercises that target the calves — 27 beginner, 16 intermediate and 1 advanced — using bodyweight, sled machine and dumbbell and more. Every exercise has an animated demonstration, step-by-step instructions and sets-and-reps guidance, and all of them are ready to log in the SetGrip app.
Beginner (27)
Banded Standing Calf Raise
Bar on Shoulders Smith Machine Calf Raise
Barbell Seated Calf Raise
Bench Cable Standing Calf Raise
Bench Donkey Calf Raise
Bodyweight Standing Calf Raise
Forefoot Leg Press Calf Raise
Forward Facing Hack Squat Calf Raise
Full Foot Leg Press Calf Raise
Hack Squat Calf Raise
Horizontal Leg Press Calf Raise
Lying Machine Calf Press
Machine Donkey Calf Raise
Machine Standing Calf Raise
Plate Barbell Seated Calf Raise
Plate Dumbbell Seated Calf Raise
Plate Dumbbell Seated Single Leg Calf Raise
Rotary Calf Raise
Seated Calf Raise
Seated Machine Calf Press
Single Leg Floor Standing Calf Raise
Smith Machine Seated Tibialis Raise
Stair Calf Raise
Standing Smith Machine Calf Raise
Step Dumbbell Seated Single Leg Calf Raise
Step Dumbbell Standing Calf Raise
Supported Standing Calf Raise
Intermediate (16)
Banded Single Leg Tibialis Raise
Bar behind Back Smith Machine Calf Raise
Barbell Standing Calf Raise
Dumbbell Single Leg Calf Raise
Partner Donkey Calf Raise
Plate Barbell Standing Calf Raise
Single Leg Banded Calf Raise
Single Leg Cable Calf Raise
Single Leg Calf Raise (Dumbbell)
Single Leg Donkey Calf Raise
Single Leg Hack Squat Calf Raise
Single Leg Leg Press Calf Raise
Single Leg Seated Smith Machine Calf Raise
Single Leg Smith Machine Calf Raise
Step Barbell Standing Calf Raise
Zigzag Hops
Advanced (1)
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