Dumbbell Single Leg Calf Raise

A one-leg calf raise loaded with a dumbbell — the simplest way to load each calf hard without a machine.

Legs Dumbbell Strength

Video

Silent, looping, the whole movement.

Body map

FRONT

BACK

Primary

Calves

Secondary

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Step by step

Stand on one foot on the edge of a step with your heel hanging off and a dumbbell in the same-side hand.
Place your other hand on a wall or rail for balance and keep your standing leg slightly bent.
Lift the non-working foot off the step and tuck it behind your standing leg.
Lower your heel slowly toward the floor until you feel a deep stretch in the calf.
Drive up onto the ball of your foot as high as you can go, squeezing the calf hard at the top.
Pause for one second at the top, lower under control, and repeat for reps before switching legs.

Log your sets. After a few weeks you will see whether it is moving. Free.