posted Mon, 02/29/2016 - 13:50
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Just looking to get some advice on training Calves...mine seem to never grow. I can get them to shred, but they have something against growing...don't get it.
My vertical is 37" so I feel like I have relatively strong calves, but not aesthetically pleasing.
The most recent info I've read through concering training calves says to go heavy, maintain form, less reps. The ideology being that our calves take light impact everyday all day so we need to go super heavy when training them to see any size increase...don't know if I buy this but just sharing what I've read.
Any advice appreciated!
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I love my calves but stopped growing a few months ago and this did it for me.
Week one Seated calf raises 2 times per week starting at 12 reps 3 sets to failure.
week two up the weight aim for 8 reps 3 sets to failure
week 3 up the weight 4-6 reps 3 sets (two times)
Week 4 same weight as week 3 up the reps alternate with two days of standing calf raises,(mon seated tues standing etc for 5-6 days)
week 5 do the same but 4 sets.
Keep the ankles and knees together and push through the big toe (easier said) explosive up squeeze at the top and down for 4. Good form no bounce or pause at bottom. Hope it helps.
something that has helped me is making sure you take the achilles out of the movement. stretch at the bottom of each rep for 1-2 seconds, a deep stretch, then move the weight up slowly over 2-3 seconds and give just a quick squeeze at the top. to lift it like this you will need to drop the weight a bit. sometimes as a finisher, will do sets of 10-15 reps this way, then ill get off the machine and just do standing calf raises on the ground, for these sets instead of the stretch on the bottom ill focus on contracting as HARD as i can at the top for 3 seconds for 10 reps. squeeze your calves like the owe you money lol. repeat with no rest for 4-5 sets and watch you calves fill with so much blood you can hardly move them.
if you move the weight upwards too quickly your achilles will take most of the tension from the calf. slow, controlled, deliberate reps will have your calves on fire, and with the majority of the tension.
hope that helps bro.
I've been reading on taking the achilles out, I've been doing that for the last couple of weeks, definitely improving! Good advice!
dropdzzive been doing siff legg deadlifts superset with seated toe raises and calves are growing quite nicely!It a lot like cep trainning or pof where you follow a super stretch with opposite contraction.
I've got that superset in my first leg day of the week. Hope to see some better progress soon.
Same prob here. My calves are shredded I mean nasty. But small lol.
I've been very interested in this as well. I've done research and worked mine as much as 3 to 4 times a week. And I have the same issue they just cut up. The best advise I've seen came from my form. When doing raises try to keep all the weight toward your big toe like your trying to make your ankles touch and stretch down and up as much as you possibly can to get the most contraction. I'm still trying but this has helped. I'm interested in learning more aswell so il keep posted.
I used to squat heavy and often. Like 3-4 times a week. Never trained calves and that did it for me.
A weight vest while running stairs. Gradually increase the weight in the vest.
Ill trade you my calves for that vertical brah ;-)
Done broskie
Honestly the best calves I've ever seen was from a mountain biker I met in federal prison. He had Arnold messed up. I think there might be something to the static position they hold while on the balls of their feet
You just have to train them like if you hate them. I train them everyday, I switch from heavy low reps to light high reps, and my off day is now my calves day. And yes they are not perfect but they are grown, took a while to focus and REALLY train them, but they will grow. You have to do ridiculous amount of sets, mines stay sore all week long, if they not sore, I'm not training them hard enough