Calf raises...

[Bones98]

There is a machine at my gym where I do seated Calf raises.

Thing is, I never really get a good work out from it. My friend who is a drummer, who happens to have huge calves recommended that I do standing calf raises at 5 sets of 100 reps with my bodyweight.

Any good?

[Julian_H]

calves are the hardest place to put on mass. mix it up by doing both.

as for your sig.. WHO WRINKLED MY RANDY TRAVIS POSTER?!!?

RIP Danny

[Bones98]

hahahahahahaha. Thanks.

RIP.

[Avila]

I wouldnt recomend that... talk about tendonitis on your achilles tendons.

what works for others may not work for you.

if you really wanna try this, work yourway up to that number... and do this for example...

first workout reps of 20x5 sets...
second workout reps of 30x5 sets.... etc... and then later you will work your way up to 100 reps..

thats way too much volume for your tendons... unless you are trained, you are looking for injury.

if you wanna work your calves for a long period of time... I recomend jumping rope.

[stella summers]

^^ Oddly enough, I jump rope almost everyday and my calves are still stubborn and have barely grown.

Make sure you also work your tibialis anterior (shin muscles). Training it will prevent and eliminate shin splints while adding width to your calves. It gives them a wider appearance from a frontal view.

You can work them by either doing toe raises on a 45-degree leg press machine or lifting a dumbbell placed between your toes while sitting on a bench.

[Bones98]

thanks Avila. Ill try that.

So far, I tried my friends workout and it had my calfs sore as ****. It felt great. I will continue this and raise the number of reps every week or so. Ill give you guys an update.

[Avila]

thanks Avila. Ill try that.

So far, I tried my friends workout and it had my calfs sore as ****. It felt great. I will continue this and raise the number of reps every week or so. Ill give you guys an update.

yes... remember safety first... and who knows, your calves may grow as you increase the reps gradually over time.

and I agree with Stella summers... "Make sure you also work your tibialis anterior (shin muscles). Training it will prevent and eliminate shin splints while adding width to your calves. It gives them a wider appearance from a frontal view." (i dont know how to double quote, LOL)

[philipZ]

^^ Oddly enough, I jump rope almost everyday and my calves are still stubborn and have barely grown.

Make sure you also work your tibialis anterior (shin muscles). Training it will prevent and eliminate shin splints while adding width to your calves. It gives them a wider appearance from a frontal view.

You can work them by either doing toe raises on a 45-degree leg press machine or lifting a dumbbell placed between your toes while sitting on a bench.

how do you do to raises on a 45 degree leg press?

[stella summers]

how do you do to raises on a 45 degree leg press?

(from here).


Or try this:

[ummmpain]

There is a machine at my gym where I do seated Calf raises.

Thing is, I never really get a good work out from it. My friend who is a drummer, who happens to have huge calves recommended that I do standing calf raises at 5 sets of 100 reps with my bodyweight.

Any good?

Ever tried doing extreamly heavy sets?

[Tyrbolift]

Part of the reason your drummer has calves is from operating the pedal driven drums and cymbals. He probably has forearms, too.

[buffmanjohnson]

i think doing seated raises mainly targets the soleus, not so much the gastrocnemius (both these muscles make up the calf muscles). i think standing raises works both of them though.

[bigman2007]

seated calve raises always work good for me ever thought of doing them faster to try and get a pump?

[SDFlip]

experiment with high and low reps and see which works best for you.

[KhoraskGTR]

There is a machine at my gym where I do seated Calf raises.

Thing is, I never really get a good work out from it. My friend who is a drummer, who happens to have huge calves recommended that I do standing calf raises at 5 sets of 100 reps with my bodyweight.

Any good?

Ive always had massive calves naturally, but I found a great way to blast em is to first do seated calf raises as heavy as u can.. around 6 reps max.. 5 sets. You have to do the seated ones first to pre fatigue the Soleus muscle, then follow them with standing calf raises (which after fatiguing the soleus uses more of the other muscle there... the gasto 'something' ). I also like to superset the two with zero rest which fry's em. about 15 sets later, calves are fried... and still putting on mass doing this.

[Bones98]

the thing is, if i TRY heavy sets I think my form gets messed up.
But yes, I do fast reps on every exercise I do.

[Marthby]

Not to brag but luckily I got good calf genetics so I've tried to make the best out of them. I've tried many different calf workouts to put even more mass and strength on them and they all worked great but doing tri sets gave me the BEST results out of them all. Just work them out really good cuz calves can take a brutal beating before they even begin to tire.