Morpheus
Wow,
Thanks for the comment. How often do you train calves? How many sets do you do? etc.
Generally I do two work sets of standing calf raises and two of seated calf raises .I alternate the reps fro 6-10 to 12-15 on alternating workout days as part of a 3 way split on a 2 on 1 off 1on 1off cycle.Last year I increased my calf raise from 400lbx10 to 800x10 anmd my calves never gained anything.While my training partner ( a girl she mustn't store much energy in the achilles tendon) calves got better and better .So I researched and found that the achilles tendon can store a tremendous amount of energy.That energy excerts itself as momentum when you do a calf raise hence the calf muscle works less but I can run like the wind .I hypothesised that a HAVE A TENDON THAT CAN STORE MUCH MORE ENERGY THAN AVERAGE WHICH SUCKS .Point number two is that it takes 4 full seconds for that energy to dissapate .So to do a pure calf contraction I rest 4 seconds in the stretch position of every single rep and I rise as fully as possible as fast as possible to activate as many fibres as possible then I pause for a second then lower it hurts alot and its funny to see a 280lb guy with 30 lbs on the seated calf raise in absolute agony trying to move this weight.I feel the science is in the 4 second pause and excecution of the rep so any set and rep sceme should work if progressive resistance is applied .
My idea is if I can get close to 20" and then compete in a big show I could site inject to add the finishing touch.
I was going to try calf raise on the ball ,but I couldn't get the calf machine up onto it.But it is so advanced I will just have to find a way.