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Title: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Dokey111 on February 26, 2017, 03:16:08 PM
http://www.ergo-log.com/your-calf-muscles-won-t-grow-not-your-fault.html
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on February 26, 2017, 03:19:14 PM
How did arnold do it, well according to what I heard he had calf implants in france back in the day.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: wes on February 26, 2017, 03:28:30 PM
He busted his balls training them 6 X a week.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Dokey111 on February 26, 2017, 03:30:59 PM
haha well it was either one or the other  ???  ::)
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: peroni on February 26, 2017, 03:34:03 PM
I'd heard it was South American implants, if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: tommywishbone on February 26, 2017, 03:35:14 PM
 >:(
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Rudee on February 26, 2017, 04:30:57 PM
We've been down this road before...

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=579209.0
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: TheShape. on February 26, 2017, 05:13:22 PM
You can't flex implants
/thread
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Megalodon on February 26, 2017, 05:15:51 PM
Just like Steve Reeves had plastic surgery, calf implants, and an aesthetic symmetry transfusion in the 1940s....  :D
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: dseiler on February 26, 2017, 05:17:47 PM
Why are we quoting a study from 1988?
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: calfzilla on February 26, 2017, 05:46:23 PM
He busted his balls training them 6 X a week.


 ::)
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: tres_taco_combo on February 26, 2017, 07:16:19 PM
We've been down this road before...

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=579209.0

great read - thank you

love this board
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: ESFitness on February 26, 2017, 07:26:25 PM
Really dont care. Dunno why anyone else would care either about a guy who hasnt competed in 37yrs & who at his very best wouldnt crack top 15 at nationals
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: tres_taco_combo on February 26, 2017, 07:38:27 PM
what is the best method for calves? ive heard tons of high reps etc

Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: wes on February 26, 2017, 07:40:11 PM
what is the best method for calves? ive heard tons of high reps etc


Always mix things up.....heavy,light,super-sets,tri-sets,etc. etc.

Full extension and contraction and half reps at the end of each set until the pain is unbearable.

Descending sets are great also.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: ESFitness on February 26, 2017, 08:09:14 PM
what is the best method for calves? ive heard tons of high reps etc



Mine were good growing up cuz i raced bmx.. Then i didnt care.

Got them growing again with heavy ballistic shit like bouncing calve raises with a 700lb safety-squat bar on my shoulders... Or full stack donkey calve raises.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: karasan on February 26, 2017, 08:20:17 PM
His calves weren't weak in the first place, they had nice shape and he had relatively slim ankles.
Yes they were and still relatively high but were never toothsticks ala Bill Grant, Al Beckles etc
He had 17 inch calves when he was 19 and that was far from hopeless he liked us to believe.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Master Blaster on February 26, 2017, 09:58:03 PM
His calves weren't weak in the first place, they had nice shape and he had relatively slim ankles.
Yes they were and still relatively high but were never toothsticks ala Bill Grant, Al Beckles etc
He had 17 inch calves when he was 19 and that was far from hopeless he liked us to believe.

No no! This doesn't support the constant conspiracy mongering that is the heart and soul of Getbig! Monitors please delete!
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Natural_O on February 26, 2017, 10:36:08 PM
Comparison of Arnold's calves from his 1967 Mr. Universe win to 1974
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: karasan on February 27, 2017, 12:06:01 AM
My calves are similiar to Arnold's 1966 version, and I consider them my strong bodypart  ::)
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: pellius on February 27, 2017, 01:15:00 AM
Calf implants weren't even around during Arnold's time and even in the 1990's when someone got implants you could see the scar. There was not scars on Arnold's calves. And look at Arnold's calves now. They've atrophied. But I'm sure someone will say that he had them cut out.

Arnold had decent calves early on. He never really trained them but concentrated on arms and chest as most did in those days, and as they do today. He said after meeting and training with Reg Park he learned to focus more on the delts and calves.

I remember Joe Meeko, and exceptionally good and decent guy and great bber, insisted that Arnold had chest implants as well. You can see Arnold as a teen had an outstanding chest.

The jealousy among bbers knows no end and ever gets to the best of the.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Henda on February 27, 2017, 01:55:37 AM
Arnold's calves looked and moved/flexed exactly like real muscle should, were expected to believe that 40 odd years ago they could make such realistic high quality implants that behaved exactly like real muscle yet today can only make ones that are lumpy, frozen in place and look like absolute shit and can be spotted a mile off?
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: hench on February 27, 2017, 03:27:52 AM
Look at the closeup in pumping iron when he flexes, they look sick, every cut and vein popping out, same in twins when he flexes them in the cop shop.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: _aj_ on February 27, 2017, 05:22:11 AM
Just like Steve Reeves had plastic surgery, calf implants, and an aesthetic symmetry transfusion in the 1940s....  :D

I'm thinking about investing in that Aesthetic Symmetry Transfusion (AST) this summer.
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: Rambone on February 27, 2017, 05:51:41 PM
Even today, calf implants still look fake as fuck. Someone that believes he underwent this sort of surgery almost 50 years ago is dumb as fuck
Title: Re: Calves - how did Arnold do it?
Post by: falco on March 03, 2017, 06:03:39 AM
The secret is hidden in plain sight: Train calves barefoot

My results:
(http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv67/FilipeFalcao/IMG_0199_zpsafbd4fc8.jpg) (http://s670.photobucket.com/user/FilipeFalcao/media/IMG_0199_zpsafbd4fc8.jpg.html)
(http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv67/FilipeFalcao/siness2B080_zps0b0bf788.jpeg) (http://s670.photobucket.com/user/FilipeFalcao/media/siness2B080_zps0b0bf788.jpeg.html)
(http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv67/FilipeFalcao/siness2B162_zps6ecfe3e4.jpeg) (http://s670.photobucket.com/user/FilipeFalcao/media/siness2B162_zps6ecfe3e4.jpeg.html)