# Calf Press (Machine)

> A machine calf exercise where you press a footplate with the balls of your feet to build your calves.

Page: https://fitnessie.app/exercises/machine-calf-press/
Type: Machine · Isolation
Demo video: https://fitnessie.app/demos/calf-press-machine/553f37057dbe1a8e.mp4

## How to do it

1. Sit with your back and hips against the pads and place the balls of your feet on the plate, heels hanging off the bottom.
2. Set your feet about hip width apart with a slight bend in your knees.
3. Push the plate by extending your ankles as far as you can.
4. Lower slowly into a full calf stretch.

## Key cues

- Balls of the feet on the plate
- Slight knee bend, held still
- Rise as high as you can
- Slow into the stretch

## Common mistakes

- Locking your knees out
- Cutting the range of motion short
- Using momentum to move the plate
- Using more weight than you can control

## Muscles worked

- Primary: Calves

## Equipment

Seated leg press machine.

## References

- [Fitbod: Calf Press](https://fitbod.me/exercises/calf-press)
- [Liftosaur: Leverage Machine Calf Press](https://www.liftosaur.com/exercises/leverage-machine-calf-press-on-seated-leg-press)
- [Planfit: Calf Raise on Seated Leg Press Machine](https://planfit.ai/exercise/calf-raise-on-seated-leg-press-machine)