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Isolation · Beginner

Single-Leg Dumbbell Calf Raise

Isolation isolation exercise using dumbbell.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Dumbbell
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Single-Leg Dumbbell Calf Raise

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Ankle plantarflexionprimary action

    Gastrocnemius (prime mover, high emphasis); Soleus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Fibularis longus (synergist, low emphasis); Tibialis posterior (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Ankle inversionsecondary action · resisted

    Fibularis longus (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Ankle eversionsecondary action · resisted

    Tibialis posterior (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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