Seated Calf Raise Workouts for Weightlifting & Bodybuilding

Video Transcript

"In this clip, we’re going to be doing the seated calf raise; very simple machine but extremely effective for the upper calf. Make sure when you climb into the machine you set you feet accordingly, but accordingly is a little difficult because most people don’t know where to put their feet. Just make sure that all of the joints of the toes are sitting on the pad firmly. You don’t want to be too far back to where they’re actually sliding off. Make sure your knees are slightly patruding from the knee pad that rest on top. Once you’ve got all that locked up, again, choosing a weight that’s going to be effective for the calf but not over doing it because this one will hit you no matter what. Alright. Once you’re ready to go, lift the machine up in the air, release the locking mechanism, and then you’re ready to go. Take it down nice and far without stretching out the calf too far, but getting them up to a maximum and really squeezing those calves hard. This one’s very important that you take it slow because you want to actually feel those calves contract as much as possible. Couple of different variations; you can go really slow like we’re going right now. You’ll notice a lot of times, when you’re in the gym you’ll see a lot of people pumping real fast. That’s because at the end of some sets you want to crank them out, get them a little bit faster than usual. Right now, we’re just taking it nice and slow, focusing really hard on the upper calf. You can see how much they’re flexing. You’ll get the idea. When you do this machine you’ll understand because you really get a great workout on the calves. You’ll notice your feet will slide a little bit, that’s okay. You don’t need to adjust them too much, just try to get through the set. Getting a good squeeze every time. 3 more. Perfect. Nice and high, nice and high. Good. Locking it in the back. Set it down easy and then release your feet. Let you feet come out for a little while, let them relax, let the blood flow a little bit through the leg because you’re going to feel a nice big pump in that one. This is the seated calf raise. If you’d like anymore information on that exercise, you can go to visionfit.com."