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Bodyweight Donkey Calf Raise
- Main muscle
- Calves
- Muscle group
- Legs
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
How to do it
- 1Hinge forward at the hips, resting your forearms on a support in front of you.
- 2Stand on the balls of your feet at the edge of a step.
- 3Lower your heels down below the step to feel a stretch in your calves.
- 4Rise up onto your toes as high as possible.
- 5Pause briefly at the top, squeezing your calves.
Coaching cues
- Full stretch at the bottom
- Rise all the way up
- Squeeze and pause at top
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