About this exercise

• Muscles Worked: legs
• Difficulty: Easy
• Equipment needed: Machine

Sit in a leg press machine. Place your feet on the platform shoulder-width apart. Raise the platform until your legs are straight, but don't lock your knees. Place the balls of your feet on the platform with your heels over the edge. Slowly point your foot to push the platform up without moving your knees, then return to the start position.

Expert tips: You can switch between toes pointing in, out or straight to target different sections of your calf muscle.