Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / legs
Smith machine calf raise
Balls of feet on a step, slight knee bend, bar across upper traps.
Muscles
- Primary
- calves
- Supporting
- None listed
Mechanics
- Pattern
- ankle extension
- Equipment
- machine
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Full plantarflexion at the top with a pause; stretch fully at the bottom.
- Progression
- Add load after achieving full ROM with a 2-second top hold.
- Regression
- Use bodyweight single-leg calf raise to build ROM first.
Watch for
- Bouncing at the bottom
- Partial range
- Straight locked knees
Substitutions
- Standing calf raise
- Seated calf raise
- Single-leg calf raise