Toe raiser

[ball4life]

whats the difference between standing and seated toe raisers? which one is can give me more result?do i need to do both of them or just one?
I am 5'7 and grabbing rim, i was wondering what else can i do so it make it possible for me to dunk.
thanks for the help

 

[Hoss]

i always thought toe raises were for your shins?? i dunno how that would help your vert. maybe just to have an evenly muscular leg?

 

[phaledax]

I think standing may have a slight advantage, in that you will use other muscles for stablizers, resulting in a more functional exercise.

 

[McCarley]

Ok, i'm totally making this up, but look at the difference between standing and sitting calf raises and how those effect your body differently. You may find your answer there.

 

[ball4life]

thanks for the reply is there any other effect excersive that can help my vertical jump

 

[McCarley]

I once read an article about the results squats have on jumping - I don't remember the details, but I was pretty impressed by what they were saying.

 

[mike100]

hey

hey, standing works but you'll eventually get to a point where ur loading ur back too much, maybe in a month of three years, if you want an alternative load up the leg press machine (or birth machine), the one where ur laying on ur back and pushing ur legs up, and do your toe presses on that, this will remove all the weight from ur shoulders and save ur back.

i found that the one at the gym where u sit down and load some weight onto the tops of ur knees hurt my nuts for some reason.

 

[rip]

Here is the answer you are looking for:

Seated calf raise primary muscle is the Soleus.
Standing calf raise primary muscle is the gastrocnemius (commonly called calf muscle).
Toe raise primary muscle is the tibialis anterior (shin muscle)

The long-and-short of it is this:
When the knee is bent, the gastrocnemius is only a secondary muscle, because its point of origin is above the knee. So, if the knee is bent, the soleus takes over when doing calf raises (plantar flexes).

The tibialis anterior is the antagonist muscle for the claf muscles. It should be worked out by doing toe raises (dorsi flexion).

HTH,
Rip

 

[rip]

BTW - this same principle is used for stretching... Hence, the soleus is stretched when your knee is bent. You will feel a stretch more in your achilles area when your knee is bent.