Bodyweight standing calf raise
Calves Bodyweight
How to do it
- 1Stand with your feet shoulder‑width apart, toes pointing forward.
- 2Place your hands on a wall or stable surface for balance.
- 3Lift your heels slowly, shifting your weight onto the balls of your feet.
- 4Pause briefly at the top, then lower the heels slowly back to the start.
- 5Repeat the desired number of reps.
More calves exercises
- Single leg calf raise (on a dumbbell)Dumbbells
- One leg floor calf raiseBodyweight
- Band single leg calf raiseResistance band
- Dumbbell seated one leg calf raise - palm upDumbbells
- Smith standing leg calf raiseSmith machine
- Smith one leg floor calf raiseSmith machine
- Exercise ball on the wall calf raiseDumbbells
- Lever seated squat calf raise on leg press machineLeverage machine
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.
