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Why Your Seated Calf Raises Aren’t Building Big Calves (Biomechanics Explained)⠀Muscle Focus:Your calves are made up of two major muscles:🔹 Gastrocnemius – crosses both the knee and ankle joints🔹 Soleus – crosses only the ankle⠀During seated calf raises, the knees are flexed (~90°), which shortens the gastrocnemius at the knee joint, reducing its ability to generate force — this is called active insufficiency.⠀👉 Result? The soleus takes over most of the work.⠀💥 Want to grow that upper calf (

This exercise is a nice alternative to a seated soleus calf raise. Can be performed on a smith machine with a bent knee but usually athletes quads fatigue before the soleus, which is why I prefer a leg press machine where we can use our hands to assist the quads. You should feel a burn in your glutes and quads but the soleus should be the limiting factor. | PJF Performance