Dumbbell Standing Calf Raise

How to do it

1. Pick up the dumbbells and place the balls of your feet on the edge of a plate or step.
2. Let your arms hang at your sides with the shoulders pulled back.
3. Lower your heels below the level of the platform until the calves stretch.
4. Rise onto your toes as high as you can.
5. Pause at the top for a second.
6. Lower slowly and keep going without swaying.

Progression: from easier to harder

1. Step 1
   • Bodyweight Calf Raise
2. Step 2 You are here
   • Dumbbell Standing Calf Raise
   • Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
   • Bodyweight Donkey Calf Raise
   • Calf Raise off a Step
   • Eccentric Calf Lowers
   • Calf Press
   • Kettlebell Calf Raise
   • Smith Machine Calf Raise
3. Step 3
   • Dumbbell Single Leg Calf Raise
   • Single-Leg Standing Calf Raise

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