ski jump calve raise (for stubborn calves)

[Zensuji]

about 6+ months ago i was having real trouble growing my calves. until i came up with this variation of the ski jump calve raise.

i do mine with a dip belt and in the very high rep range. and its been working soooo well that i thought i'd share.

strap on your weighted dip belt and stand facing a wall. stand about 2-3 feet away from wall. now keep you feet where they are and lean into the wall (so your in a vertical press up position)

your calves should be in streched position. now perfrom calve raises. nice and slow.

i've been doing these in the 30-50 reps range. not too much weight and loads of tut.

[farfie]

interesting. did you make this up? i'm going to give it a go, but i've got to get a dip belt first. thanks for sharing

[bigpump23]

there excellent

about 6+ months ago i was having real trouble growing my calves. until i came up with this variation of the ski jump calve raise.

i do mine with a dip belt and in the very high rep range. and its been working soooo well that i thought i'd share.

strap on your weighted dip belt and stand facing a wall. stand about 2-3 feet away from wall. now keep you feet where they are and lean into the wall (so your in a vertical press up position)

your calves should be in streched position. now perfrom calve raises. nice and slow.

i've been doing these in the 30-50 reps range. not too much weight and loads of tut.

[Zensuji]

interesting. did you make this up? i'm going to give it a go, but i've got to get a dip belt first. thanks for sharing

i havent seen my way any where else. but ski jump calve raises with a barbell in a fixed squat rack is where i got the idea. although they dont feel very good imo.

[DiamondDelts]

about 6+ months ago i was having real trouble growing my calves. until i came up with this variation of the ski jump calve raise.

i do mine with a dip belt and in the very high rep range. and its been working soooo well that i thought i'd share.

strap on your weighted dip belt and stand facing a wall. stand about 2-3 feet away from wall. now keep you feet where they are and lean into the wall (so your in a vertical press up position)

your calves should be in streched position. now perfrom calve raises. nice and slow.

i've been doing these in the 30-50 reps range. not too much weight and loads of tut.

Another solid post from the "Tet-Offensive". HA,ha. Thanks for idea man I will try these tonight.

[Old Man Big]

there is no need of a block of some sort..? So you just do it on the floor , is this correct?

sounds like a solid movement, jujst tryin to visualize it right.

[Zensuji]

there is no need of a block of some sort..? So you just do it on the floor , is this correct?

sounds like a solid movement, jujst tryin to visualize it right.

yea no need for a block cause your calves are already in a fully stretched position

[Zensuji]

Another solid post from the "Tet-Offensive". HA,ha. Thanks for idea man I will try these tonight.

good stuff, every one post back thoughts etc..

[xenithon]

Just for anyone who doesn't have a dip belt (such as I ): I use the hacksquat machine. I put the footplate at an angle such that the calves are in a similar stretched position, as if you leaned against a wall. I lie with chest against the machine (ie. opposite of normal hacksquat position). Works like a charm. A wooden block is useful if you cannot get the right incline on the footplate.

[Zensuji]

coool idea xenithon, sounds great. i'm still using this excercise all the time, if anyone hasn't tried it, go for it!

[J.L.C.]

I'm gonna go try em in about an hour....thanks bro!

[Zensuji]

let me know how you get on. they are easy to get a good feel for and feel great from the start.

[icepack]

will give them a go in the morning dude thanx for the feedback my friend

[J.L.C.]

let me know how you get on. they are easy to get a good feel for and feel great from the start.

These rock!!

It was a lower rep calf day for me, so I used 205 on the belt, got my lean on, and started raisin'.....loved it!

Cheers bro!

[Zensuji]

good stuff m8

[failuretogain]

yep ive found that the best excercises are the ones you do i a nice stretch on.. Such as pullups with a full dead weight drop, squats all the way back and down, bench press with your shoulders tucked back together as far as possible, calf raises going back to heel raises back and forth, blah blah blah the list goes on. stretching is the key to each exercise. get that blood in there ...

[Zensuji]

yep ive found that the best excercises are the ones you do i a nice stretch on.. Such as pullups with a full dead weight drop, squats all the way back and down, bench press with your shoulders tucked back together as far as possible, calf raises going back to heel raises back and forth, blah blah blah the list goes on. stretching is the key to each exercise. get that blood in there ...

yea depending on how far away from the wall you are, you can get a really good stretch with a slow neg. awesome

[lionheart21]

I'll try it tomorrow. Thanks.

[Al Shades]

It's called a donkey calf raise and it's far from a new exercise.

http://tsampa.org/training/toffesgym/donkey_thumb.jpg

http://students.seattleu.edu/stromba...lf%20raise.jpg

[Zensuji]

It's called a donkey calf raise and it's far from a new exercise.

http://tsampa.org/training/toffesgym/donkey_thumb.jpg

http://students.seattleu.edu/stromba...lf%20raise.jpg

its has similarities, but its like walking in to a front squat thread saying its a back squat.

in the ski jump calve raise your bodys totally upright and your at a 30 degree angle or so. you calves are way more streched then when doing a donkey calve raise. great excercise but not the same

[xenithon]

Yup. Also dokey calve raises take the pressure off the lower back and are less taxing on the core IMO. I do both, usual alternate each workout.

[FarEastBeast]

I do my standing calf raises on what's really a squat machine. It has a platform, so if you hang your heels off it you get at about a 30 degree angle. Anyway, it's similar, and yes, very effective. If anyone has access to this kind of machine (it's old and most places will have gotten rid of them because they suck for squats), it's easier than wrestling with the dip belt. But I may try them with the belt anyway, just to get a different angle.

[Zensuji]

is that like one of those true squat machines?

[Determ1ned]

Are these good for the outter calf?

[Zensuji]

Are these good for the outter calf?

imo the whole calf gets hit really well, tweak foot position though

[Determ1ned]

imo the whole calf gets hit really well, tweak foot position though

So by pointing your toes inward it would hit the outter calf more?

[SuJu]

So by pointing your toes inward it would hit the outter calf more?

i think so

[PeoplesChamp]

What actually is a dip belt. And does my gym have one? I have no donkey calf raise machine either at my gym, YMCA, and I dont think I can get anyone willing to sit on my back.

[_Lifter4Life_]

Sweet man, I just did some bodyweight ones as I was reading this thread and I can deffently say, RAY strech, it allmost made a tear come from my eye :P .

cant wait for next calf training, going to do thease suckers with weight.

Lifter,

[jtbike2000]

What i used to do for calves, and it worked well, was i would just do calf raises with no blocks or anything, but do incredibly high reps (200-500). Once you are almost in exactly the 50-100 range it will burn like hell, but once you get above 100 it will stop hurting and you can keep going for hundreds more. make sure your in the right mind set to get past 100 though, otherwise the pain is wasted.

just my 2 cents