How to do heel raises

The Heel Raise exercise helps strengthen your calf. The great part about this exercise is that it can be done at home or at the gym. The exercise I will talk about is done on a set of stairs because it allows you to go down further when coming down from the exercise.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Stairs
• Comfortable shoes

1. 
    
   Starting Position

   Step up on to a set of stair steps and hold onto the wall or stair railing

2. Place the balls of you feet on the step (Same as picture above)

3. 
    
   Lift Position

   Now raise your heels as high as you can

4. 
    

   Go down as low as you can

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to see some video footage of the exercise go to http://www.youtube.com/user/WatchDoitTeam (the video is under our favorites)

[Desula]

on 6/12/2008 Thank you for this exercise!!

[Felicity]

on 6/11/2008 Very simple but really effective exercise - thanks for sharing this with us. We can all do with following this one once a day for better strength and flexibility! If you don't have stairs, a large phone book can work well too.

[2besure]

on 6/10/2008 Great information and easy to do.