# Cable Calf Raise

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/cable-calf-raise

Also known as: Standing Cable Calf Raise, Cable Heel Raise

Body region: Legs

## Muscles

- Main: Gastrocnemius
- Helps: Soleus
- Holds: Trapezius, Tibialis Posterior, Fibularis Longus, Flexor Digitorum Superficialis

## Equipment

- Cable Station

## Technique

1. Attach handles or a bar to a low pulley and stand with the balls of your feet on a plate or block.
2. Hold the handles at your sides with straight arms and stand tall.
3. Lower your heels for a full stretch.
4. Rise onto your toes as high as you can, pause, and lower slowly.

### Cues

- Keep the legs straight with soft knees.
- Stay close to the pulley so the cable pulls straight down.
- Move slowly through the whole range.

### Common mistakes

- Leaning back against the cable.
- Bouncing out of the bottom.
- Shrugging the shoulders to help.

## Variations

- [Single-Leg Cable Calf Raise](https://heatsy.app/ex/single-leg-cable-calf-raise)

## Alternatives

- [Standing Calf Raise](https://heatsy.app/ex/standing-calf-raise)
- [Single-Leg Calf Raise](https://heatsy.app/ex/single-leg-calf-raise)