Calves finally growing!

[snicklefritz42]

Drop sets of calve raises on the leg press, hold for a second after going down and after going up.
We are gonna make it

[kanis999]

Like you actually saw the tape measurement move?! Without tons of fat gain? I'm impressed with ANY calf growth lol.

[GravityLee]

If believe you.. time under tension seems to be one of the most important calf building concepts

I see these guys put a 45 plate on the seated calf raise and fire it up and down quickly.. das not it..

One thing I do is three way calf raise on the leg press. Straight toes, out toes, inward pointing toes. Allows me to get the inner area and the outer area of the calf.

[lca1986]

If believe you.. time under tension seems to be one of the most important calf building concepts

I see these guys put a 45 plate on the seated calf raise and fire it up and down quickly.. das not it...

Everyone and I mean everyone at my gym do them this way. They all have no calves.

[Hundley52]

Like you actually saw the tape measurement move?! Without tons of fat gain? I'm impressed with ANY calf growth lol.

I second this! My kinesiology professor jokes about that all the time. He says that the only way to get big gastroc/soleus muscles is to get wicked fat. That way every time you walk its like an epic calf raise. lol Good ol' Dr. Devor!

[Hundley52]

If believe you.. time under tension seems to be one of the most important calf building concepts

I see these guys put a 45 plate on the seated calf raise and fire it up and down quickly.. das not it..

One thing I do is three way calf raise on the leg press. Straight toes, out toes, inward pointing toes. Allows me to get the inner area and the outer area of the calf.

Three way raises are a superior tactic. The achilles tendon stores a lot and I mean a LOT of elastic tension. If you are not pause repping calf raises most of the work is being done by elastic tension in the achilles. Also, the Gastrocnemius is about 50% type I and 50% type II fibers which means that it will respond to both fast and slow contractions. However, the Soleus is about 70% type I, meaning it will respond better to slow controlled pause reps. Most people have larger gastrocs and smaller soleus muscles. Since the gastroc responds equally to both slow and fast reps, slow reps would benefit you the best.