Author Topic: For those with stubborn calves willing to try something new... (Read 4871 times)

Al Doggity · « **on:** November 07, 2015, 04:41:59 PM »

Been doing calf raises-pausing at the top for a five-count for the last few weeks and the results have been promising. Using moderate weight on the leg press, ignoring the stretch at the bottom, only focusing on the pause at the top.

Calves are stubborn and I'm not saying this is a magic bullet, but if you rarely feel a burn when working calves, give it a shot. You can test it out in your living room right now. Take off your shoes and try to do 20 (better stretch without shoes. Not as important if you are using weight)

ritch · « **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:11:25 PM »

I tried taking my shoes off once and never understood why people like that. Hurts bad and can hold the stretches longer with shoes.

I've done many routines that "seemed promising" as well. Yet never gained...

I swear doing seated calve raises make mine smaller, lol!

Edit: I even gave them another try lately. would do 30 min of calves first thing on leg day, fuck it... After 4 weeks no change at all. It's just not worth the cns taxing in my case when I could use that energy on other body parts.

Set It Up · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:12:53 PM »

although pellius and i dont see eye to eye on most things,......

he supposedly has the best calf routine that has yielded the best results on the entire internet

im not sure how to find it

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:14:11 PM »

My calf routine is just wearing long pants.

ritch · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:18:14 PM »

Quote from: Irongrip400 on November 07, 2015, 05:14:11 PM

My calf routine is just wearing long pants.

that would be the leg routine for most as well...

TheShape. · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:20:55 PM »

107 slow reps every night on a 3 inch thick book works just fine

ritch · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:23:27 PM »

Quote from: TheShape. on November 07, 2015, 05:20:55 PM

107 slow reps every night on a 3 inch thick book works just fine

how do you break it down? Just do as many as you can until you get 107 total?

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:25:52 PM »

Quote from: TheShape. on November 07, 2015, 05:20:55 PM

107 slow reps every night on a 3 inch thick book works just fine

I believe you have to be looking into the mirror, lights off, and saying "Bloody Mary" as well to get the veiny look with striations.

Al Doggity · « **Reply #8 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:52:11 PM »

Quote from: ritch on November 07, 2015, 05:11:25 PM

I tried taking my shoes off once and never understood why people like that. Hurts bad and can hold the stretches longer with shoes.

I've done many routines that "seemed promising" as well. Yet never gained...

I swear doing seated calve raises make mine smaller, lol!

Edit: I even gave them another try lately. would do 30 min of calves first thing on leg day, fuck it... After 4 weeks no change at all. It's just not worth the cns taxing in my case when I could use that energy on other body parts.

Yeah, I'm not claiming this is magic or anything. If anyone is looking for something new to try with a notoriously stubborn bodypart, thought I'd share something that seems to be yielding results for me.

As for shoes vs no shoes- I don't feel any pain and the stretch is just way more noticeable. If I stand on my tiptoes with my shoes on, I don't even feel a stretch.

calfzilla · « **Reply #9 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:57:14 PM »

Calves

BlackMetallic · « **Reply #10 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:27:12 PM »

For standing calf raises: I pause at the top for 6-10 seconds fully contracted followed by a 30-60 second stretch at the end of the set

Lots OF TUT

6-8 sets, 3-15 reps, 1-2 min rest maximum 4x a week

My calves are so so

Do they grow? Well their not bad on a pump 😜. They are growing- very slowly but i deserve the pain so i do them

Back in the mid 90's when muscle media 2000 was a real magazine someone wrote Bill Philips and asked him a question regarding a dr who performed a calf procedure in which he invasively went in and either cut the fascia or stretched it. Bill said the dr was in Colorado and what he did was make an incision and moved a tendon to the side. The dr himself said that the fascia and tendon on most people's calfs are so tight that they wont allow growth

The dr charged $20,000 for the procedure back in 95

Lustral · « **Reply #11 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:39:05 PM »

Quote from: Al Doggity on November 07, 2015, 04:41:59 PM

Been doing calf raises-pausing at the top for a five-count for the last few weeks and the results have been promising. Using moderate weight on the leg press, ignoring the stretch at the bottom, only focusing on the pause at the top.

Calves are stubborn and I'm not saying this is a magic bullet, but if you rarely feel a burn when working calves, give it a shot. You can test it out in your living room right now. Take off your shoes and try to do 20 (better stretch without shoes. Not as important if you are using weight)

Firstly to 1st reply - please don't take shoes off. Some young guys do that non stop in gym and they smell like shit.

What I did was ignore convention and train calves EVERY workout. Once a week, twice a week, heavy weight, high reps... nothing changed them. They aren't great, but I have shit insertions so I'm limited in how I can grow - they have gone up close to 2 inches over past year or so from matchsticks to slightly larger at top matchsticks.

Work with what you have.

Skeletor · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:42:03 PM »

Upright rows are the key to calf and quad mass. Just look at Wolf's improvement with just one rep:

Mr.1derful · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:48:11 PM »

Since my achilles surgery, I now only have 1 calf.

Lustral · « **Reply #14 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:50:39 PM »

My calves now by the way. Still flat as DLB's quads on soleus which pisses me off no end.

Couple years ago calves made me look like a double peg legged extra in a pirate movie.

TheShape. · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:51:25 PM »

Quote from: ritch on November 07, 2015, 05:23:27 PM

how do you break it down? Just do as many as you can until you get 107 total?

Just 107 slow reps no matter what.

_aj_ · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2015, 06:52:15 PM »

Quote from: Skeletor on November 07, 2015, 06:42:03 PM

Upright rows are the key to calf and quad mass. Just look at Wolf's improvement with just one rep:

Lmaooooo!

Irongrip400 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2015, 07:08:01 PM »

Quote from: Lustral on November 07, 2015, 06:50:39 PM

My calves now by the way. Still flat as DLB's quads on soleus which pisses me off no end.

Couple years ago calves made me look like a double peg legged extra in a pirate movie.

Note to self. Lustral not white.