Calf Raise - Smith Machine Reverse
Recommendations: 2-3 Sets, 6-10 Reps, 80 Wght
Intermediate Calves Strength Smith Machine Push Gym
Purpose: This exercise works the calf muscle, specifically the fibialis anterior.
Benefits: This exercise is one of the few that works the fibialis anterior muscle on the front of the shin.
Stand in a Smith Machine. Your heels should be on a block, toes extended off, about shoulder-width apart. Put the back of your neck under the bar and straighten your legs. This is the starting position. Raise your toes, extending them as high as you can and flexing your calves. Exhale during this movement. Pause briefly at the top. Slowly return to the starting position by lowering your toes. Inhale during this movement. Repeat for the recommended number of repetitions.
The calf consists of 2 major muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus). There are also a number of tendons, such as the Achilles tendon. Seated calf raises focus mainly on the soleus and the tendons in the lower calf.
Step 1
Stand in a Smith machine, heels on a foot block and toes extended out, bar on the back of your neck, straight legs.
Stand in a Smith Machine. Your heels should be on a block, toes extended off, about shoulder-width apart. Put the back of your neck under the bar and straighten your legs. This is the starting position.
Step 2
Raise your toes, as high as you can, and flex your calf muscles. Pause briefly at the top.
Raise your toes, extending them as high as you can and flexing your calves. Exhale during this movement. Pause briefly at the top.
Step 3
Slowly return to the starting position by lowering your toes.
Slowly return to the starting position by lowering your toes. Inhale during this movement. Stand in a Smith Machine. Your heels should be on a block, toes extended off, about shoulder-width apart. Put the back of your neck under the bar and straighten your legs.