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Calves Exercises

Build stronger, more defined calves with these proven exercises

148exercises found

Balance Board

Intermediate
Quads

This exercise is balancing on one leg on a wobbly board. It makes your stomach and leg muscles work hard to keep you steady. It mainly strengthens the front of your thighs but also works your calves, back of your thighs, and bottom.

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Band Single Leg Calf Raise

Intermediate
Calves

This exercise uses a stretchy band to work the calf muscles in your lower leg. It also helps make your ankles and feet stronger and more stable. You do it one leg at a time, which helps improve your balance and coordination.

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Band Single Leg Reverse Calf Raise

Intermediate
Calves

This lower leg exercise uses a resistance band to work your calf muscles. It also helps your hamstrings and glutes. You will need to balance on one leg as you lift your heel up and down carefully.

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Band Squat

Beginner
Glutes

The band squat is a leg exercise that uses a resistance band around your thighs to work your glutes. It also strengthens the front and back of your legs and your calves. This movement helps build lower body strength and improves stability.

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Barbell Bench Front Squat

Intermediate
Quads

This is a leg exercise using a barbell that rests on your chest. It mainly strengthens your front thigh muscles, but also works your back thighs, bottom, and calves. To do it, you must balance the weight on your front and squat down, which helps build a strong core.

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Barbell Clean-grip Front Squat

Intermediate
Glutes

This lower body exercise uses a barbell to work your glutes, front thigh muscles, and back thigh muscles. Your core muscles help you stay balanced. You hold the bar on the front of your shoulders using a specific grip. This move requires you to be strong and flexible.

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Barbell Full Squat

Intermediate
Glutes

The barbell full squat is a lower body exercise that builds strength in your legs and hips. It also works your stomach muscles to keep you steady. To do it, you rest a heavy bar on your upper back and squat down, balancing carefully as you move.

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Barbell Full Squat (side Pov)

Intermediate
Glutes

This is a leg exercise where you hold a heavy bar on your upper back. It makes your bottom and leg muscles strong. You lower yourself down like you are sitting in a chair, and then you stand back up.

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Barbell Full Zercher Squat

Advanced
Glutes

This is a lower body exercise where you hold a barbell inside the bends of your elbows. It works your butt, legs, and stomach muscles. You need a strong core to stay steady because of where you hold the bar.

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Barbell Jump Squat

Advanced
Glutes

This is a fast and powerful leg exercise performed with a barbell on your upper back. It mixes a standard squat with a big, explosive jump. This movement strengthens your legs and hips while helping you build speed and power.

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Barbell Lateral Lunge

Intermediate
Glutes

This lower body exercise works your bottom, thighs, and calves. You hold a barbell across your upper back and step to the side. It uses strength, balance, and coordination.

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Barbell Low Bar Squat

Intermediate
Glutes

This is a lower body exercise that strengthens your bottom, thighs, and legs. You hold the barbell lower on your back, across your shoulder muscles. It requires good focus, a strong tummy, and moving your hips correctly.

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Barbell Lunge

Intermediate
Glutes

The barbell lunge is a powerful leg exercise that builds strength in your thighs, bottom, and calves. You perform it by resting a weighted bar on your upper back, stepping one foot forward, and lowering your hips before pushing back up to a standing position.

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Barbell One Leg Squat

Advanced
Quads

This is a hard leg exercise using a barbell. You balance on one leg and squat down while holding the bar on your back. It strengthens your thigh muscles and requires good balance.

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Barbell Rear Lunge V. 2

Intermediate
Glutes

This is a leg exercise that builds strength in your bottom and thighs. You hold a weighted bar on your back, step one foot behind you, and lower your hips before standing back up.

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Barbell Squat (on Knees)

Intermediate
Quads

This exercise is a squat done on your knees. It works the front of your legs, your bottom, and the back of your legs. You need a strong tummy and good balance to hold the bar safely.

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Barbell Standing Calf Raise

Intermediate
Calves

The barbell standing calf raise is a leg strength exercise. You stand up with a weighted bar on your upper back and lift your heels to build your calf muscles.

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Barbell Standing Leg Calf Raise

Intermediate
Calves

This is a simple strength move for your lower legs. You stand up tall with a weighted bar on your back and lift your heels to work your calf muscles.

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Barbell Standing Rocking Leg Calf Raise

Intermediate
Calves

This exercise works your calf muscles and the front of your lower legs. You stand holding a bar on your shoulders, then lift your heels up high. After lowering your heels, you rock back to lift your toes up off the ground.

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Barbell Step-up

Intermediate
Glutes

This is a leg exercise for your butt and thighs. You hold a heavy bar on your back and step up onto a box or bench.

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Box Jump Down With One Leg Stabilization

Advanced
Calves

This is a jumping exercise that strengthens your calves and tests your balance. You jump up onto a box and stand still on just one leg. It also works your thigh and bottom muscles.

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Burpee

Intermediate
Cardiovascular system

This exercise works your whole body at once. It mixes a squat, a push-up, and a jump all together. It makes your heart beat faster and helps your muscles get stronger.

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Cable Assisted Inverse Leg Curl

Intermediate
Hamstrings

This exercise strengthens the muscles on the back of your thighs. You lie on your stomach and use a cable machine to create resistance as you bend your knees to pull your heels toward your bottom.

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Cable Standing Calf Raise

Beginner
Calves

This exercise uses a cable machine to make your calf muscles stronger. You stand up tall and lift your heels off the floor. It also works the muscles in the back of your legs and hips a little bit.

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Calf Push Stretch With Hands Against Wall

Beginner
Calves

This bodyweight exercise works your calf muscles and also stretches the back of your legs. You do it by standing in front of a wall with your hands on it, stepping one foot back, and leaning forward to feel the stretch.

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Calf Stretch With Hands Against Wall

Beginner
Calves

This exercise stretches your calf muscles. You do it by leaning your hands against a wall while keeping one leg straight behind you with your heel flat on the floor.

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Calf Stretch With Rope

Beginner
Calves

This is a simple stretching exercise using a rope. It helps make your calf and hamstring muscles more flexible.

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Chair Leg Extended Stretch

Beginner
Quads

A simple chair exercise to stretch your thigh muscles. While sitting, straighten one leg out and lean forward to feel the stretch.

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Circles Knee Stretch

Beginner
Calves

This bodyweight exercise targets your calves, thighs, and hamstrings. By balancing on the balls of your feet and rotating your bent knees in circles, you can help loosen up your lower legs and improve flexibility.

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Donkey Calf Raise

Beginner
Calves

The donkey calf raise uses your own body weight to strengthen your lower legs. You stand with your toes on a step and lift your heels up and down to build calf muscles.

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Dumbbell Bench Squat

Beginner
Glutes

This lower body exercise focuses on your bottom, thighs, and legs. You hold a dumbbell and squat down until your bottom touches a bench behind you to make sure you go deep enough and keep good form.

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Dumbbell Burpee

Advanced
Cardiovascular system

The dumbbell burpee is a tough exercise for your whole body. It mixes a squat, a push-up, and a lift over your head with dumbbells. It makes your heart beat faster and works many muscles at once, like your legs, arms, and stomach.

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Dumbbell Goblet Squat

Beginner
Quads

The dumbbell goblet squat is a leg exercise that strengthens your thighs, hips, and bottom. You hold a dumbbell against your chest and squat down. This helps you get stronger and learn the right way to squat.

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Dumbbell Lunge

Intermediate
Glutes

This lower-body exercise strengthens your legs and bottom. You hold weights in your hands while stepping forward and lowering your hips. Then, you push back to where you started and switch to the other leg.

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Dumbbell Seated Calf Raise

Beginner
Calves

This exercise works the muscles in your lower legs. You sit down and place a dumbbell on your thighs to do it. It helps make your calves stronger.

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Dumbbell Seated One Leg Calf Raise

Beginner
Calves

This exercise focuses on the muscles in your lower legs, called the calves. You do it while sitting on a bench with a dumbbell resting on your thigh. It helps make your calves bigger and stronger. Your leg and bottom muscles also work a little bit to keep you steady.

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Dumbbell Seated One Leg Calf Raise - Hammer Grip

Beginner
Calves

This exercise works your lower legs, mostly the calves. It also works your hamstrings and glutes a little bit. You sit down and use a dumbbell for weight. You lift your heel up and down to make your calf muscles stronger.

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Dumbbell Seated One Leg Calf Raise - Palm Up

Intermediate
Calves

This is a seated exercise that focuses on making your calf muscles stronger. You sit down and hold a dumbbell on your thigh while you move your leg. It helps your calves build strength and endurance, and it also works your leg and bottom muscles a little bit.

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Dumbbell Single Leg Squat

Advanced
Glutes

This is a tough leg exercise where you squat on one leg while holding weights. It works your bottom, thighs, and calves very hard. You need good balance and strength to do this move safely.

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Dumbbell Squat

Beginner
Glutes

The dumbbell squat is a leg exercise that strengthens your bottom and thigh muscles. You do it by holding a weight in each hand and lowering your body down and up.

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Dumbbell Standing Calf Raise

Beginner
Calves

This exercise builds strong lower legs. You hold a weight in each hand and lift your heels off the floor to work your calf muscles.

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Dumbbell Step-up

Intermediate
Glutes

This exercise works your lower body, specifically your butt and leg muscles. You hold weights in your hands while stepping onto a box or bench. This adds weight to the movement and helps improve your balance and coordination.

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Dumbbell Step-up Lunge

Intermediate
Quads

This is a leg exercise where you hold weights and step onto a box or platform. It works your thighs, hips, and calves. It helps build strength in your lower body and improves your balance.

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Dumbbell Step-up Split Squat

Intermediate
Quads

This is a lower body exercise that works your thighs, hips, and calves. You hold a weight in each hand and step up onto a bench. It helps you build strength and improves your balance.

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Dumbbell Supported Squat

Beginner
Quads

This lower body exercise works your front thigh muscles, along with your butt and the back of your legs. You hold a weight in each hand by your sides while squatting down. This helps build leg strength and improves your balance.

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Exercise Ball On The Wall Calf Raise

Beginner
Calves

This exercise works your calf muscles. You stand with a big ball between your back and a wall while holding weights. Then, you lift your heels up and down.

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Exercise Ball On The Wall Calf Raise (tennis Ball Between Ankles)

Intermediate
Calves

This exercise strengthens your lower leg muscles (calves). You hold a weight in each hand while leaning your back against a large exercise ball on the wall. To help your legs work better together, you also squeeze a small tennis ball tightly between your ankles.

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Exercise Ball On The Wall Calf Raise (tennis Ball Between Knees)

Intermediate
Calves

This exercise strengthens your lower legs. You perform it by lifting your heels while leaning against a wall with a large ball behind your back. You also squeeze a small tennis ball between your knees and hold weights in your hands to make it harder.

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Exercise Ball One Legged Diagonal Kick Hamstring Curl

Advanced
Glutes

This workout makes your bottom and leg muscles stronger. You need to balance carefully on a big bouncy ball while using just one leg to pull and kick.

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Farmers Walk

Beginner
Quads

This exercise involves walking while holding a weight in each hand. It works your legs, arms, and stomach muscles. It helps make your grip stronger, keeps your body steady, and improves your overall fitness.

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