Legs · Leverage Machine
Lever Sitting Toe Raise
How to do the lever sitting toe raise, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit on the machine with the balls of your feet on the platform and the padded lever resting across your knees. Press up onto your toes by extending your ankles as high as you can, squeezing your calves, then lower your heels under control for a full stretch.
- 1Push through the balls of your feet and feel your calves contract hard at
- 2the top
- 3Pause at full extension before lowering
- 4Let your heels drop for a deep stretch at the bottom
Common mistakes
- Do not bounce out of the bottom; control the stretch
- Avoid using a short, partial range of motion
- Do not let your toes roll outward or inward
Muscles worked
The lever sitting toe raise mainly works the calves.
- CalvesPrimary
Kovo programs the lever sitting toe raise 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.