Man, is the rest of you that lean? Looks great.Two to three times a week, flat footed, no stretch. 20 to 50 reps, hold at top about 3 sec. Last foto taken 3 months ago on vacation, not trained in 6 weeks. Not much I know but better than nothing . . .
One set?Two to three times a week, flat footed, no stretch. 20 to 50 reps, hold at top about 3 sec. Last foto taken 3 months ago on vacation, not trained in 6 weeks. Not much I know but better than nothing . . .
Thanks for the likes.One set?
I do calves first on leg day, one workout is seated, the other is on the leg press. What I do depends entirely on my mood.
It may be DC style rest pause, it may be DC style hold the stretch, it may be one set of 50 or so reps........
My calves aren't huge but they've come a long way from being skin stretched over bone.
I do claves 3-4 times weekly. I do 3 sets of 20 with a 5 second hold in the stretch position and I work towards progressive resistance on these. They hurt like absolute hell. And I superset each set with a set of 20 band tibia raisesdc had a great calf protocol..the biggest thing for me, i do calves multiple times a week and 3-4 lifts per session.. One day it clicked in my head that i would never expect my arms to grow from only one movement a week.So, i cant expect my calves to grow with that same formula.
Two to three times a week, flat footed, no stretch. 20 to 50 reps, hold at top about 3 sec. Last foto taken 3 months ago on vacation, not trained in 6 weeks. Not much I know but better than nothing . . .
Man, is the rest of you that lean? Looks great.
Two to three times a week, flat footed, no stretch. 20 to 50 reps, hold at top about 3 sec. Last foto taken 3 months ago on vacation, not trained in 6 weeks. Not much I know but better than nothing . . .
So each rep will take between 6-9 seconds...how many reps are you doing per set with this tempo? I've done this style of training and it's brutal and definitely cannot use heavy weight.Stretch at the bottom and hold 3 seconds slowly lift with your calves until you are up on your toes ( to the some height you would be at if your were tryin to reach something on a high shelf) hold for 3 seconds . That one rep done correctly.And stop doing those bouncing calf raises that 99% of people do in the gym
Stretch at the bottom and hold 3 seconds slowly lift with your calves until you are up on your toes ( to the some height you would be at if your were tryin to reach something on a high shelf) hold for 3 seconds . That one rep done correctly.And stop doing those bouncing calf raises that 99% of people do in the gym
I usually train them twice a week with legs. I did put a half inch on mine doing a simple bodyweight workout once or twice a day on top of that. I do 5 single leg calf raise per leg on each stair leading up to my second floor in my house. I do pause at the stretch in the bottom and hold the pause at top. Minimum was 10 steps per time I did it. It’s something to try if the normal gym training is not producing what you want.
So each rep will take between 6-9 seconds...how many reps are you doing per set with this tempo? I've done this style of training and it's brutal and definitely cannot use heavy weight.
how many reps are you typically getting per set?This is basically exactly what I do as well
3 second stretch , 3 seconds to rise , 3 second squeeze at the top then 3 second back down to the stretch
So 12 second for each rep , I do three sets to failure with toes in , toes out and toes neutral.
I posted it on the first page with a pic
I was doing them like that on a calf block I own, but strapped on up to 90 lbs. It ended up hurting my foot bad enough that I had to stop and go back to both legs at once. Hurt the arch and other areas in the foot.I have read reports of one person making significant gains on just one legged calf raises done as you suggest. This is an often neglected or overlooked exercise using just body weight.
I have very seen before before and after fotos and they were amazing. He was using very high reps also, the number escapes me at the moment but not the gains made.
I remember him saying that they were exscurating(sp) to perform and took a lot of concentration to endure the pain / burn.
He did them standing on a thick phone book (haha) indoors, in a doorway, holding on to the door for support.
Yours look great by the way.