“Calf raises are more of an ‘isolation’ exercise rather than a ‘compound’ exercise—the difference being one muscle group working vs. multiple muscle groups working as one," Russolillo continues.

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Sometimes we use this machine, leg press, for calf exercises. We like to standing calf raises, however sometimes the weight goes on the shoulder it’s too much for someone that has lower back injury.

But if compound exercises are so efficient, why do we need isolation exercises at all ... Among the most common, we find the biceps curl, triceps extensions, flies, calf raises or leg extensions.

Objective: To investigate the acute effects of isolated eccentric and concentric calf muscle exercise on Achilles tendon sagittal thickness. Design: Within-subject, counterbalanced, mixed design.