WHAT'S YOUR MOST BRUTAL CALF WORKOUT??

[alexxx]

I had a quick one yesterday with the seated calf raise machine. I started with 45 x 30  90 x 12  115 x 6  140 x 3  115 x 5  90 x 6  45 x 15 This was all done one after the other with no rest in between. This is not my most hardcore but intensity level was high and am sure it gave a good growth spur.

I would be interested to hear what your best calf workout was! Bast I can't wait to hear what yours is!

[the shadow]

I had a quick one yesterday with the seated calf raise machine. I started with 45 x 30  90 x 12  115 x 6  140 x 3  115 x 5  90 x 6  45 x 15 This was all done one after the other with no rest in between. This is not my most hardcore but intensity level was high and am sure it gave a good growth spur.

I would be interested to hear what your best calf workout was! Bast I can't wait to hear what yours is!

2 wordsSHUT UP

[alexxx]

2 wordsSHUT UP

So I will take that as a "no I do not train calves but my ass whole is large enough to fit most of them".

[Bluto]

Good question Alexxx. I've never heard anyone describing a brutal calf workout. All they bitch about is their deads, squat and bench. They should be as serious with their calves!!!

[buffbodz]

Standing calf raises:  rack machine 3 sets to failure.  Last set drop pin 20 lbs after failure and keep going.  repeat till you have no weight and can't do 1 more rep.
Seated calf raises:    2-45's 1 25lb. plate 3-5 sets to failure
Calf raises off leg press:  9 plates per side go till I can't get another rep.  safe, no need to unlock the weights.  usually 2 sets and their diamond shaped 20's. 

Do this 3 times a week and you'll have cows, not calves.

[njflex]

i do this one from time to time,standing calve raise find comfortable wght cause this hurt's,10 reps 5 sec stretch,15 reps 10 sec stretch,15 reps same 10 sec,25 reps same rest,15 same rest,then ten reps,3 times around after each 75 rep set rest min or so then sequence again,225 reps in about 4 or 5 min that's it for that day cause it hurt's for day's.

[SteelePegasus]

Bast PMd me this message

"real men don't train calves, bending down to suck off TA is good enough calf work"

LOL

[alexxx]

i do this one from time to time,standing calve raise find comfortable wght cause this hurt's,10 reps 5 sec stretch,15 reps 10 sec stretch,15 reps same 10 sec,25 reps same rest,15 same rest,then ten reps,3 times around after each 75 rep set rest min or so then sequence again,225 reps in about 4 or 5 min that's it for that day cause it hurt's for day's.

That sounds brutal!

Bast PMd me this message

"real men don't train calves, bending down to suck off TA is good enough calf work"

LOL

hahahahaha

[BroadStreetBruiser]

veal cutlet

[Man of Steel]

Most brutal calf workout:

Standing Calf Raises 7 x 12-4 reps  75lbs-stack (+5-6 45plates on top of machine)
Seated Calf Raises 4 x 15-6 reps   90-315lb
Cybex Calf Extension Machine 4 x 12-5 reps 360-810lbs
Toe Presses (on Leg Press) 4 x 15-8 reps 450-1080lbs
Donkey Calf Raises 3 x 6-10 reps  stack


Workout would vary depending on availability of equipment in the gym....some didn't had donkeys, some had virtually useless calf extension machines...in those cases I'd lower the weight and up the reps.   Between almost every set I stretch my calves and I'm typically sore for 3 solid days (days 2 and 3 postworkout are the most brutal).  Everything with a deep controlled stretch...none of this pogostick bouncing bullshit most people do.

[alexxx]

Most brutal calf workout:

Standing Calf Raises 7 x 12-4 reps  75lbs-stack (+5-6 45plates on top of machine)
Seated Calf Raises 4 x 15-6 reps   90-315lb
Cybex Calf Extension Machine 4 x 12-5 reps 360-810lbs
Toe Presses (on Leg Press) 4 x 15-8 reps 450-1080lbs
Donkey Calf Raises 3 x 6-10 reps  stack


Workout would vary depending on availability of equipment in the gym....some didn't had donkeys, some had virtually useless calf extension machines...in those cases I'd lower the weight and up the reps.   Between almost every set I stretch my calves and I'm typically sore for 3 solid days (days 2 and 3 postworkout are the most brutal).  Everything with a deep controlled stretch...none of this pogostick bouncing bullshit most people do.

Nice lots of volume and heavy weights! Keep them coming guys!

[Man of Steel]

Standing calf raises:  rack machine 3 sets to failure.  Last set drop pin 20 lbs after failure and keep going.  repeat till you have no weight and can't do 1 more rep.
Seated calf raises:    2-45's 1 25lb. plate 3-5 sets to failure
Calf raises off leg press:  9 plates per side go till I can't get another rep.  safe, no need to unlock the weights.  usually 2 sets and their diamond shaped 20's. 

Do this 3 times a week and you'll have cows, not calves.

I don't how you're able to train calves 3 times per week.....I blast em once and can't walk right 3 days after.

[tommywishbone]

1.... Get your training partner.
2.... Shoot 5cc's of primotestin & B12 into each calf.
3.... Alternate sets on the standing calf machine, heavy/light... heavy/light
4.... Do a total of approx 20 sets each. No rest, he goes, you go, he goes, you go. etc.
5.... Lay on the ground with your feet in the air, whimpering & sobbing.

[ManBearPig...]

i fuck chicks.

[figgs]

My most brutal calf workout was 3 drop sets of standing calf presses. I would take each drop set to absolute failure by trying and trying to get my last reps to be total full range of motion reps without cheating. Those reps would take around 15 seconds to complete because of how fatigued I was. But I kept trying. And then 2 more drop sets just like that before I got off to stretch, which is the worst part because the buurn just gets worse and worse during the stretch. My first attempt to walk like a normal human being again failed miserably!

[ManBearPig...]

My most brutal calf workout was 3 drop sets of standing calf presses. I would take each drop set to absolute failure by trying and trying to get my last reps to be total full range of motion reps without cheating. Those reps would take around 15 seconds to complete because of how fatigued I was. But I kept trying. And then 2 more drop sets just like that before I got off to stretch, which is the worst part because the buurn just gets worse and worse during the stretch. My first attempt to walk like a normal human being again failed miserably!

so this massive workout took you 45 seconds?

[Man of Steel]

Why are so many people scared to death of seated calf raises?   

[JOHN MATRIX]

I don't how you're able to train calves 3 times per week.....I blast em once and can't walk right 3 days after.

tgis is what i dont get...people say u can train calves all the time, every day even, but after a calf workout im walking like a gimp for 5 straight days.

[SteelePegasus]

tgis is what i dont get...people say u can train calves all the time, every day even, but after a calf workout im walking like a gimp for 5 straight days.

i am glad to see that walking around with 10lb ankle weights for 10 minutes affects you that much...more power to you

[figgs]

so this massive workout took you 45 seconds?

Key words: absolute failure.

3 drop sets with that intensity proved to be too much. I was sooooo sore for over a week! I had to lower the volume. I'm now doing only 1 set, which is getting my calves to finally progress.

[Man of Steel]

tgis is what i dont get...people say u can train calves all the time, every day even, but after a calf workout im walking like a gimp for 5 straight days.

Exactly, I blast my calves......the soreness that follows is so intense everytime I get out of a chair I'm afraid something could tear if I stumble.   Folks that train calves everyday or 3-4 times per week ain't trainin em worth a shit at any of those sessions.

[alexxx]

Exactly, I blast my calves......the soreness that follows is so intense everytime I get out of a chair I'm afraid something could tear if I stumble.   Folks that train calves everyday or 3-4 times per week ain't trainin em worth a shit at any of those sessions.

I will make you eat your words!

[thor_odin]

Professional bodybuilders have calf implants instead.

[mame09]

mine is  on standing calf raise  you can plates to this machine

8 x 320kg then doin drop sets after every 8th rep take of 40kg

[slaveboy1980]

carrying a fat woman on my back