With recent gym closures, many people have been forced to train at home. You can target most major muscles with limited equipment—except for the soleus, one of the primary muscles of the calf. The calf consists mainly of two muscles: the gastrocnemius and the soleus. The gastrocnemius is heavily involved when the knee is extended….
In my small home gym, I have three dedicated machines for calf training: a standing calf raise unit that goes up to 600 pounds, a seated calf raise machine, and a step platform equipped with a handle for one-leg calf raises. These are the sort of machines that you see in large commercial gyms, but…