Thread: calf raise foot positions

In my opinion, none. Some will tell you that you stimulate the inner/outer Gastrocnemius when you move your toes in and out. I keep my toes forward, always have and my calves are in proportion with my arms.

There is a difference in doing a standing calf raise versus a seated though. With a seated calf rasie you only hit the Soleus, standing you will hit the Gastrocnemius. The Soleus lies underneath the Gastrocnemius and is not visible.

Thanks for the response. So others may have other opinions I suppose so we'll wait and see. Im doing my calf raises in standing form using smith machine. I place a 4x4 post nailed to a plank across the floor which allows me to dip negitive. it seem to burn em pretty good.

yeah, do a search we had a lengthy thread on this awhile back.

I'll be honest with you, I used to do the toes in toes out thing and never really got any where, I think I was over training them. When I stook to basic foot placement, and trained my calves with onyl two exercises, seated and standing calf raises my calves responded alot better.

It does "feel different" to me with toes in/out/straight but I agree it's the same muscle.

For something totally different that is calf related but a different muscle at the front (Tibialis Anterior) try experimenting with dorsal flexion exercises. It may help improve flexibility for deeper squats too: http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/Cal...#anchor1929502