Muscles worked
calves, hamstrings, glutes
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cable standing calf raise
- Body part
- lower legs
- Equipment
- cable
- Target muscle
- calves
- Muscle group
- hamstrings
Secondary muscles
How to perform it
- 1
Stand facing a cable machine with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- 2
Hold onto the cable machine handles or attach a cable ankle strap to your ankles.
- 3
Raise your heels off the ground by extending your ankles as high as possible.
- 4
Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your heels back down to the starting position.
- 5
Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
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