calves question

[joos23]

ok this drives me nuts... i am having problems with my calves to grow.. my question is to u train them every day or give them rest like everything else? i read arnold used to him them every day just want some opinions thanx...

 

[rocco]

my calves were 18" and i started hitting them 5-6 days a week for 6 months and now there 20".i did 4 giant sets consisting of rotary,standing,seated and donkeys.

 

[NYC Diesel]

holding a BB and raising up on your toes grew my calves like no other, do moderate weight high reps

 

[nspaletta]

holding a BB and raising up on your toes grew my calves like no other, do moderate weight high reps

i'll have to try this cause i to am havin a hell of a time getting my chicken calves to grow

 

[maldorf]

I would train mine 4x a week with great success. I do think they need more stimulation, but once a day is overboard. Once a day would lead to overtraining, unless on some days you would go really light and just go for a pump.

 

[amp1]

EVERY OTHER DAY WITH MODERATE WEIGHT WORKS FOR MOST ... SMALL
MUSCLE GROUPS NEED TIME TO REST ALSO.

 

[plang]

DC style calf raises are the only thing that has ever made a visible difference on my calves

 

[SmallTownIron]

DC style calf raises are the only thing that has ever made a visible difference on my calves

DC has done wonders for mine.

 

[xsincity82x]

mine never get sore or give me that satisfaction of being worked hard unless i do them twice a day then they are sore for a week and i do cardio twice a week which keeps that tight feeling in them i train lots of sets high reps moderate weight then more weight less reps i really have to strain hard to make them sore but when i do this they respond well and i see more definition also.

 

[heartless68]

joos23,

My calves are nothing to brag about believe you me,
(http://www.professionalmuscle.com/f...do-you-make-your-calfs-grow-2.html#post532878)
but I have had what I call moderate success
training them 2 - 3X per week just like any other body
part. And while I have done this before, always
trained calved to some degree or another, what
separates these most current results is the degree
of concentration I put into it, and super-setting or
tri-setting them with other calf exercises and using
higher reps, like up to ~50.

Currently, I train them 2x per week by doing standing
calf raises on a Smith Machine; either off a elevated
block to get a stretch or flat footed, off the floor,
really coming up as high as I can. Then I go to a leg
press machine and do calf presses there, and if the
seated calf machine is available, I'll do that last. I'll
do 2 - 3 cycles like this. No rest between.

Donkeys were great for me when I had a workout
partner to sit on my back, but he is long gone now
so I don't do them any more. These were the most
comfortable and with my back being at right angles
to my legs, it really provided a good stretch and
I could feel these the best, especially when I got
up to ~100 reps.

Also, I'll work up and down in weight on the Smith
machine, adding a 10 on each side, do a set, add
10's, do a set, etc . . . until I can't get very many reps
and then I would work back down, removing a 10 from
each side, do a set, remove 10's again, do a set, etc.,
until I end up with 45's on each side, like when I started.

And I don' rest between sets, keep the pace up. I
know it's a bunch of sets but it goes fast, and if you do
it (occasionally) like i described, you might, after some
time, appreciate the results.

Those are few things I think responsible for some
legitimate results on my end.

Again the "key" for me was extreme concentration, lighter
weigh, and the higher reps.

Hope this helps . . .

nice post

 

[myosin]

High Heels...

No, not suggesting you wear them!

You might eventually have someone say, "You either have them or you don't." Well, they're a muscle, and regardless of how many type 1 or type 2a or type 2b fibers you have, they can grow. One suggestion is walk on your "tippy-toes" whenever you walk around the house. Get up from the TV room to the bathroom- tippy toes... kitchen to the TV room- tippy toes, etc. Try that for a month.

 

[johnjuanb1]

Kill them every other day!!!

 

[VanR__]

I do them once a week. But it's balls out and they're sore about 3-5 days later.
Change the angle your toes point, and the fulcrum position of on your feet.
Sometimes bounce, sometimes stretch, sometimes heavy, sometimes light.

 

[hotnuts]

4-5 times per week....heavy with a good stretch.

 

[jalsmiley]

ok..five or so different ways listed in this thread...and guess what...all are good ways..you just gotta find what works for yours...i have stubborn calves but ones that will grow some, i tried just about all of the above and what works best for me was a recent online trainer dude who preaches stretch down all the way..hold 5 secs, contract up all the way and hold 5 secs, repeat til fried and then short quick reps til really fried....3 to 4 sets like that 2 to 3 times per week and that has worked best for me

 

[cubano100]

Well the best part is recognizing that they are an issue I belief that is 1 of the bigest issues I got too. I just last week tried doing it 3x in a week and let me tell you I still obviously got flamenco leg but did notice a difference in a week maybe it won't be noticed by other but no1 knows your body like your self. I am looking foward to cotinue to punish them until I get the results I want. I worked them Mond wedn frid

 

[Kaladryn]

I think pain is what makes them grow. Pain can build up in the calves to very high levels, and it stretches the muscle fascia. The more pain you build up over the smallest amount of time, the bigger they get, I think some of the pain slowly leaks out so you gotta keep it flowing into them to fill them up with the pain.

I suggest 3-4 exercise giant sets COMBINED with a 3-4 set drop set on each one.

Pain=Growth.