Seated.
Standing.
Donkey.
Mix of all 3 (makes sense)
Have acess to all 3 but seem to use the seated. Worse, after an hour + of lifting, seems doing calves is more of a haphazard afterthought & yet I do like doing them. Suggestions?
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Donkey and Standing can be interchanged.
I would do Seated first. This will pre-fatigue the soleus first.
Then immediately do the Donkey or the Standing. With the Soleus completely fatigued, the gastrocnemius has to do all of the work and then it can be completely fatigued too.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soleus
If you look at the diagram above, you can see that the hamstrings and the gastrocnemius both flex the knee. To get a really good hamstring workout, you need to pre-fatigue the gastrocnemius.
So the sequence should go like this
Seated calf
Straight leg calf (either donkey or standing)
Hamstrings
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12-31-2006, 11:05 AM #6
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I like doing calf raises on the leg press. I do a press, then calf raise when I get to the top. I pause in between so I am not using momentum.
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Gosh guys all I do is standing calve raises on a platform. Do two sets, one leg at a time to til total failure, bout 35 each. One set toes in and one set toes out. I keep going as long as I can twitch the muscles, another 20 or so.
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I find facing backward in the hack squat machine, or proper position in the leg press as excellent means to exercise the calves for power and size. With the leg press the platform is off course elevated to suit the straight extended legs and almost complete isolation of the calves.
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