Legs · Bodyweight
Crouching Heel Back Calf Stretch
How to do the crouching heel back calf stretch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
From a standing or staggered stance, drop into a crouch and press the heel of your back leg down toward the floor while keeping that leg straight. Feel the stretch through the calf, hold, then switch sides.
- 1Feel the stretch through the calf of the back leg
- 2Keep the back leg straight and the heel pressing down
- 3Shift your weight forward gently to deepen the stretch
Common mistakes
- Don't let the back heel pop up off the floor
- Avoid bouncing into the calf
- Don't round forward; keep your chest up
Muscles worked
The crouching heel back calf stretch mainly works the calves.
- CalvesPrimary
- HamstringsMinor
Kovo programs the crouching heel back calf stretch for you and tracks it every session.
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More calves & shins exercises
- How to do the ankle cars
- How to do the ankle circles
- How to do the ankle rocks
- How to do the resistance band ankle mobilization
- How to do the calf press
- How to do the calf raises with hold
Last reviewed June 2026.