Exercise library / Legs
Single-leg calf raise
Legs · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Calves.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Enbeins legghev
- Svenska Enbens tåhävningar
- Dansk Etbens tåhævninger
- Deutsch Einbeiniges Wadenheben
- Español Elevación de talones a una pierna
- Italiano Calf a una gamba
- Português Panturrilha unilateral
- Русский Подъёмы на носок на одной ноге
- Français Extensions des mollets à une jambe
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