Lower body · MOBILITY

Single-Leg Calf Raise — bottom hold

Achilles and calf capacity at full stretch — the position that decides whether a sprint start or a landing hurts

Coaching cues

How to do it well

These are the cues the app shows on the exercise card, written for the moment you are standing in front of the bar.

  • Full height, then lower for five
  • Let the heel drop below the step and hold
  • Keep the knee straight
Tempo
5s to lower
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In the program

How Train Smart prescribes it

The sets and reps below are the authored starting point. The actual weight you see is calculated from your own last top set and the week you are in within your four-week block.

ProgramSessionSets × repsLoad
NetballStrength + Landing2 × 20s/sideDB, off a step

How the weight is calculated →

At a glance

What it trains, and who trains it

Muscles worked
Calves
Region
Lower body
Classified as
MOBILITY
Prescribed in
netball
Alternatives

If you cannot do this one

Rack taken, kit missing, or it does not suit you. These are the swaps the app offers, matched by movement pattern and body region — each with the reason it is a fair substitute.

AlternativeWhy it works as a swap
Standing Calf RaiseGastrocnemius — the calf bulk
Standing Calf Raise MachineMachine: heavy bilateral calf — Anytime Fitness staple
Seated Calf RaiseSoleus — lower-calf fullness
Seated Calf Raise MachineMachine: dedicated soleus loading
Smith Machine Calf RaiseMachine: heavy loaded calf raise on a stable bar
Leg Press Calf PressMachine: heavy calf work using the leg press

This exercise, in a program that knows why it is there

Train Smart puts this movement in the right session, at the right point in your block, at a weight calculated for you — and swaps it automatically if you do not have the kit.

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