The only case of evidence for calf training actually working is Arnold

[hench]

Superstar Billy Graham said walking behind arnold his calves were so big it made his knee look insignificant

[Brenda Steunbeer]

Gear makes all the difference, training less so
Case in point, Calum the Retard

[falco]

I have decent calf genetics, but they require some training. They respond best to heavy weights. They grew twice as fast as the quads/hams, with much less workload.

Most guys i know who have crappy calves, rarely work them, maybe a couple of sets at the end of leg day.

[falco]

What I often ask myself (my calves suck too btw): Has anyone ever actually tried to really train his calves as hard and committed like other body parts, like chest or back? What would happen if you really would have a separate calves day with like 4 exercises ā 4 sets to failure every week?

Agree on that.

[pamith]

Honestly, I always thought the Donkey calf was a stupid and highly overrated (for nostalgic reasons lol) exercise. You can move more weight, get a better pump and way better peak contraction with the regular standing calf raise, imo it's superior in every aspect to the Donkey (that's also probably the reason hardly any gym has it anymore)

I disagree, donkey calf machine is easily the best machine for calf growth, but they are hard to find, and no I'm not going to have some dude sitting on my lower back/ass

[pamith]

What I often ask myself (my calves suck too btw): Has anyone ever actually tried to really train his calves as hard and committed like other body parts, like chest or back? What would happen if you really would have a separate calves day with like 4 exercises ā 4 sets to failure every week?

Lol, try it! they actually start to grow! also they respond well to very high reps

[Donny]

Honestly, I always thought the Donkey calf was a stupid and highly overrated (for nostalgic reasons lol) exercise. You can move more weight, get a better pump and way better peak contraction with the regular standing calf raise, imo it's superior in every aspect to the Donkey that's also probably the reason hardly any gym has it anymore)(

& thatīs probably why we see such poor calf development in the Gyms

[38 returns]

My calves balloon up easy enough.

I havent been able to train since April due to illness- back in this Saturday. My calves were up to 20 having had no gear since last year and unable to exercise they are currently sat at 18 and 18.25. When I was training I would hit them once with legs once with abs.

Will do the same.

Have to ease into it but will build up to
calf raise 4x15-20; seated calf raise 4x25- 30 second stretch after each set- this will be after legs. On their own will be Calf raise 5x20-30, seated calf 5 x 30-35, toe press 1 set of 100 taking 5 second breaks if I fail. The second workout is pure pain but the results for me are well worth it.

What I have always found funny is there is never a wait to use the calf machines anywhere. Ever!

[gib]

Those pics were when he use esciline.

in my younger years, my calves for years made no great progress, despite training them often. Then, as i got older, they came and ballooned up real nice. Weird how that happened - didn't change the training much at all, so maybe an age/genetic thing.

[Donny]

The Universal Calf exercise is the one legged calf raise holding a Dumbbell, can do it anywhere

[affeman]

Lol, try it! they actually start to grow! also they respond well to very high reps

I already have a 5-day-split and a full-time job, I can't f*ing switch so a 6-day-split adding an additional calf day in there like a moron