Standing Bent Knee Calf Raise with a Chair Support
Stand upright with your feet hip-width apart, using a chair for support. Keep your knees slightly bent throughout the exercise.
- Raise your heels off the ground, lifting your body onto the balls of your feet.
- Hold the position for a moment, feeling the contraction in your calves.
- Lower your heels back to the ground slowly to complete one repetition.
How to perform the Standing Bent Knee Calf Raise with a Chair Support
- Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Standing Bent Knee Calf Raise with a Chair Support using your body weight.
- Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your calves.
- Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.
Coaching cues
- Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
- Drive force through your calves rather than momentum.
- Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.
Common mistakes
- Using too much weight and losing positional control.
- Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
- Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.
Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.
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