CALVES- Lets grow them!

[guido4life]

totally

[AveAve]

are there any exercises that grow your calves that do not require weights, or machines?- you know, that you can just do at home

[VERIKA]

good workout! thanks! ill grow my calves because mines are tiny..

[koeppbrett]

I have heard a lot that the speed of lifting with your calves may be very important, if you lift calves too fast in your reps your Achilles tendon may be taking the blunt of the beating i have learned slow control reps are the best for maximum gains.

On day 5/ Week 1 of Kris Gethin's Transformation he references what i am saying.
Watch the video Kris talks about what i am saying.

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[TheDesertFox]

Don't know if this been asked before but I have some heavy resistance bands and I was wondering how effective would these bands be when performing the tibialis anterior exercise. Think they can do the job for now?

[bunchacrunch]

Question on the seated calf curls as seen in the first post (the one with the dumbbell between your feet): When I do these I feel a lot of pressure on my shins. Is this normal?

[unity]

Question on the seated calf curls as seen in the first post (the one with the dumbbell between your feet): When I do these I feel a lot of pressure on my shins. Is this normal?

yes, that is the muscle that is supposed to be worked by that exercise.

[mobikwa]

are there any exercises that grow your calves that do not require weights, or machines?- you know, that you can just do at home

Single leg calf raises, do them on the bottom step so you can get a deep stretch. Need a little more weight? Wear a backpack with some books in it.

[TheInsan1ty]

This is really helpfully! I have been able to get my calves shaped, but now as I have started to work on getting them bigger, I am going to put your words into movement, Let's see if works, thanks for the thread, helps out alot of people.

[akc1566]

Doing those calf raises definitely leaves some soreness, but it does show some results. These are especially beneficial for runners; doing a holistic working of the quads, hamstrings, and calves if vital to push back against the constant shock delivered to legs courtesy of road running. Building these muscles up is something that unfortunately seems to get overlooked quite often.

[jacobo1156]

I have always tried to grow my calves but recently I have been doing the supersets like you said but I also work them out about 3 days a week and saw some solid growth in the last two months

[VAG2005]

Big calves don't bother me. But I train them once every 10- 13 days with extreme intensity, my last set I usally train them with no weight single footed raises. After each the set I dance around in pain. But I do see progress.

[drisco20]

the shape of your calves has to do with the actual biomechanics of your leg... see a chiropractor!

[TeenWeightLifta]

are there any exercises that grow your calves that do not require weights, or machines?- you know, that you can just do at home

You could probly do 1 legged locked out standing calf raises but you sort of need weight to add resistance to fully fatigue them. If you have dumbells Or BB's, Encorporate them into it.

[photoboy1973]

calves are my achillies heel, I have put more effort there than anywhere!
and i still look like a Sparrow if i relax my gut.

[LukeAaron]

nice man good thread! calves are definitely one of the main areas i need work on, for calves having a low/mid rep day (4-6) and a high rep day (12-15) seems to be working okay for me

[Connatic]

Some great advice in this thread. Thanks!

[ranDOMED]

donkey calf raises are my fav. i like super high reps(20+) and usually 4-5 sets. the key is extreme intensity with calves and full ROM! dont half ass it or you will get half ass'd calves. pretty simple

oh yah use the leg press machine for calves. i guarantee you will be hurtin like a motha****a in the morning.

[ShadHunter]

I feed my calves grass there 6 months old and 136lbs one a girl and ones a boy.

[tdinh]

I am a huge fan of volume and drop setting, though I may not do it every workout, but I love to get an agonizing pump when I am done training my calves.

[twidup]

my standard routine when I do it is the following

standing calf raises : warm ups : 250 x 20/ 350 x 20
work : 495 x 20 x 5/7 last set followed by 250 x failure

seated : warm up 90 x 10/ 135 x 10
work 180 or 225 x 10-15 x 5 sets

straight legged seated : 90 x 20/ 135 x 20
work : 180/225 x 30ish x 4/6...always pushing the last set or two to failure

really wish I could find a gym in london with a straight legged seat calf press...doing them on a leg press isnt the same

[Miigi]

Ok i have a little "problem" sorry for kinda hijacking this thread but i don't think it really needs a new thread.

I trained my calves 2 days ago (standing raise) 220*10, 308*10, 330*10*2...and since yesterday when i flex them without putting weight on my leg i.e angle my foot and flex them i can flex the right muscle without problems and hold it until i feel a cramp creeping up, the left leg on the other hand i have to strain and work just to flex the muscle and it's gone after a second...now is this just some sort of over training (i have a slighty skewed hip so one leg is a tiny bit shorter (the ammount is so tiny i don't even remember which one it is) on the left leg or could it be "something wrong" i am not sore and have no pain to suggest something might be ####ed up.

I know it's hard to sorta diagnose something just by description....but maybe someone had/has similar problems

[tdinh]

I probably would lay off any calf training for 1-2 weeks and try training them again, and if the pain persists, I would def have it looked at.

Ok i have a little "problem" sorry for kinda hijacking this thread but i don't think it really needs a new thread.

I trained my calves 2 days ago (standing raise) 220*10, 308*10, 330*10*2...and since yesterday when i flex them without putting weight on my leg i.e angle my foot and flex them i can flex the right muscle without problems and hold it until i feel a cramp creeping up, the left leg on the other hand i have to strain and work just to flex the muscle and it's gone after a second...now is this just some sort of over training (i have a slighty skewed hip so one leg is a tiny bit shorter (the ammount is so tiny i don't even remember which one it is) on the left leg or could it be "something wrong" i am not sore and have no pain to suggest something might be ####ed up.

I know it's hard to sorta diagnose something just by description....but maybe someone had/has similar problems

[Miigi]

I probably would lay off any calf training for 1-2 weeks and try training them again, and if the pain persists, I would def have it looked at.

Don't have any pain....there isn't anything wrong other than beeing unable to flex and hold it that's what's so weird to me.

Guess it's just over training just feels weird to me since it remembers me of the time i cut a tendon in my hand which didn't hurt aswell (well it "hurt" like cut skin hurts but not like it would suggest a cut tendon...which according to the doc isn't supposed to hurt ;P) and i didn't think anything was really wrong until i noticed blood dripping on the floor and me beeing unable to get my finger up ;P

[coola426]

thats some cool stuff

[coola426]

thanks man really helped

[sabid]

Thanks guys

[BenGrimm]

Wow, cool stuff! I broke my leg when I was 14 and my right calf is still slightly smaller than my left one... time to even it up!

[DirtyRiver23]

wow I couldn't have seen this at a better time. I have a leg workout today.

[ab1992]

Great post bro, really need to start hitting my calves hard.