Post your calve pictures here. Men and women.

[Apollo.1]

I've noticed a fair amount of threads recently regarding calve size, and whether or not people directly train them.

Here are a couple pics of mine. They are a bit under 18". I directly train mine about once every week, for 6 sets. Three of the sets are heavy in the squat rack for about 20 reps, and 3 are body weight only from a platform so that I can go down below parallel.

Post your calve pics (women and men), along with what training you do for them (if any).

[RachelBringIt]

wow Apollo, you got some nice calves there!



My calves are 14.5 inches, I really dont train them directly unless im slacking on biking. Normally they get a good enough workout when I bike (1-2x a week) They have grown .5 inches from just biking intervals and doing some XC biking

[jfindon]

I've never trained my calves directly in my life. I'll try to get a better picture, I didn't feel like changing my lens to put my 17-55mm back on so no room to mess with lighting. They're around 17.5" I believe, but I have no idea what to look for in calves.

Help if I put the picture I guess

[genn]

Before I wasn't training them directly, I was just running. 2 weeks ago I just start to train directly 2x a week because I want them to be more define. I do calf raise with dumbells and calf raise on leg press machine with heavy weight for 20 reps x 4. They are 15" now .

[brandonx21]

Picture is a little dated, but still not a bad picture. Currently calves are sitting at around 18.5. When I first started lifting they were 15.

[Apollo.1]

wow Apollo, you got some nice calves there!



My calves are 14.5 inches, I really dont train them directly unless im slacking on biking. Normally they get a good enough workout when I bike (1-2x a week) They have grown .5 inches from just biking intervals and doing some XC biking

Thanks, Rachel.

Your calves (and your quads) look amazing. For a gal, riding a bike may be all she needs to really have a great set of legs- and you're proof.

Keep up the good work.

[Apollo.1]

Before I wasn't training them directly, I was just running. 2 weeks ago I just start to train directly 2x a week because I want them to be more define. I do calf raise with dumbells and calf raise on leg press machine with heavy weight for 20 reps x 4. They are 15" now .

I inserted your image here so that people don't have to click on it.

Looking really nice, Genn. You can already start to see the definition coming in at the bottom. You really don't need anything else, but if you keep it up you'll start to see that line develop down the middle. When flexed, it sort of shows a triangular effect with a ridge, but then when you're relaxed you can see a split down the center.

[beasthousemania]

Before I wasn't training them directly, I was just running. 2 weeks ago I just start to train directly 2x a week because I want them to be more define. I do calf raise with dumbells and calf raise on leg press machine with heavy weight for 20 reps x 4. They are 15" now .

you have really niceee legs=]

[Webber91]

Here's mine. They're slowly coming along. I train them directly once a week, just with 3 sets of body weight single-leg calf raises.

[Apollo.1]

brandonx21 and jfindon: You've both got a good solid base. 18.5" is really good. Mine are just under 18", so nice job.

[jfindon]

brandonx21 and jfindon: You've both got a good solid base. 18.5" is really good. Mine are just under 18", so nice job.

Thanks. I've been thinking of throwing in some calf raises, I'll probably start that soon. I figured my calves fell behind my arms with my last growth spurt, but surprisingly they've been growing at the same speed my arms are.

[Apollo.1]

Thanks. I've been thinking of throwing in some calf raises, I'll probably start that soon. I figured my calves fell behind my arms with my last growth spurt, but surprisingly they've been growing at the same speed my arms are.

May as well. It'll take about 10 minutes per week. Try it for a little while and see how you like it.

[chad643]

date is messed up, this was taken maybe 2 or 3 months ago.

[palepal]

this was about 3 months ago.. they are a lil thicker now

[ChadSexton80]

date is messed up, this was taken maybe 2 or 3 months ago.

best calves so far for sure

[kcmoto]

Throw mine up there for critique! Seated calve raises, standing calve raises weighted and unweighted to failure and calve extensions. These pics were taken tonight.

[JoelM05]

I'm working on it....


Whoa...huge pic....sorry!

[RachelBringIt]

Thanks, Rachel.

Your calves (and your quads) look amazing. For a gal, riding a bike may be all she needs to really have a great set of legs- and you're proof.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks!!

[chad643]

o yea btw i forgot to add i dont workout my calves.

[buffgrk]

[Mike1991]

brb doing calve raises

[shabaman]

bad pic/ I post another soon

[Kasper419]

No clue on size, getting my measuring tape when my order gets here that I placed a few days ago from bb.com, I'll update then. I just started training calves 2 times a week lightly last week for the first time.

[aquresh]

Couple shots of my calves...lil bit over 16"

For training...I work them out twice a week (on leg days and back days), and on top of that do alot of running (play soccer 3-4 times a week, sprints on a hill, etc).

[touchofevil04]

Ehhh went ahead and put pic on photobucket. Here dey is. Decent? Or suxr?
Measure in at aboot 17" nonflex. I train em once a week 3 exercises 3 sets each always til failure.

[Chrimy90cx]

First post! I train them once a week. Not sure on size.

[Adrenolin]

Sorry but I'm feeling to lazy to take a picture right now, here's one (from the front) from exactly 1 month ago. Never trained my calves directly, and haven't done legs in about 6-7mos. Its all I have for now.

[8146]

nice calves so far!

[StevenAL]

This was awhile ago, I've gained more size on them

[TopAussie]

Measured at 17.5". 6 work-sets per week performed on varying calf machines at the gym