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    Donkey Calf Raise Exercise Guide

    Donkey Calf Raise

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    By krunoslav on May 1, 2015 Calf exercises
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    Donkey Calf Raise Exercise Guide

    This old school exercise is the best movement for developing massive calves. There is no reason to limit your calf work to standing and seated raises. Maximize training angles and muscle recruitment with variations like donkey calf raises to target different aspects of the calf muscles.

    Although donkey calf raise is not as popular as the standing or seated calf raises, it is superior to both of these movements. This exercise is so effective because the resistance is located directly over the hips rather than on the shoulders. This leads to a greater stretch of the calf muscles and a more direct contraction.

    You can perform this calf exercise by using a donkey calf raise machine that only some gyms provide. These machines try to mimic the original exercise, but they are a poor substitute for the real thing. If you don’t have access to this machine, you will need to go back to the old fashion donkey calf raise (original) – where you need the help of a partner.

    This exercise, which isn’t done often, is identical to the standing calf raise, except that you have someone sitting on your hips as you go up and down. This may seem odd, and it does look a little strange, but the idea is to increase the resistance as you do calf raises.

    Donkey Calf Raise Technique

    STARTING POSITION (SETUP): Place the balls of your feet on a small platform (block), allowing enough room for your heels to hang off the edge (to descend for a full stretch). Bend your torso until it’s almost parallel to the floor and hold on to something stable for support such as an incline/flat bench (or you can use the side of a squat rack that has safety bars on the side). Have a training partner straddle your hips so that his or her body weight provides resistance. Slowly let the heels drop as far as possible.

    Donkey Calf Raise Exercise Guide
    Donkey Calf Raise Exercise Guide

    MOVEMENT (ACTION): Flex your calves, raising your heels up as high as possible before returning to the starting position where your calves are stretched, heels hanging off the edge. Hold the bottom and top positions for a second or two to feel the muscles working.

    Important Tips for Donkey Calf Raises

    • Maintaining the slight bend in your knees throughout the entire range of motion allows the soleus to contribute to the movement. Keeping your knees fully straight helps isolate the gastrocnemius.
    • Make sure your partner is not sitting on your low back, but far enough back so that his weight is directly over your hips.
    • Your torso should be approximately parallel to floor.
    • Slowly raise the weight by pushing through the balls of your feet and contract your calves.

    Muscles Engaged in Donkey Calf Raise

    • Primary muscles: gastrocnemius
    • Secondary muscles: soleus

     Donkey Calf Raise Variations

    • Machine Donkey Calf Raise.
    Machine Donkey Calf Raise
    Machine Donkey Calf Raise
    • You can also use a weight belt that holds extra weight in addition to the weight of your partner.

    Donkey Calf Raise Replacement Exercises

    • Standing calf raise
    • Seated calf raise
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    Hey! My name is Kruno, and I'm the owner and author of Bodybuilding Wizard. I started this website back in late 2014, and it has been my pet project ever since. My goal is to help you learn proper weight training and nutrition principles so that you can get strong and build the physique of your dreams!

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