So...I decided to do some calves...

[LATS]

As I've stated before.. I dont do calves.. they are a very good bodypart and I rarely throughout my lifting gave done calves. They got all the stimulation I could want from leg curls, lots of walking for my jobs.. and always measure over 19 inches no matter what I did. . Sometimes closer to 20. .

But recently because of a new position at my job I'm sitting alot more. Not getting many steps in.. I noticed a very ego punishing thing the other day.. my uniform pants aren't tight around my calves like they were... well.. can't have that.. so I decided to start throwing calves in...

So Tuesday at the end of back I decided I'd gradually start adding in calves.. nothing intensive.. just some calf work.. 2 sets.. so I dragged the old dusty calf block that came with a piece of equipment I bought and did two slow sets.. first set was close to failure.. dont know the reps. Just my bodyweight.. nice burn.. I thought to myself " I'll stop there and add another set my next workout"... well I apparently i ignored me and a few minutes later I was up on the block doung another set close to failure. Nice pump.. felt good.. went inside and ate ... the rest of the night I had a bit of fatigue in the old calves but felt good..

The next morning I got up and felt nothing. I did a calf raise and maybe a little twinge of soreness. Nothing really.. so I was kind looking forward to working them again in a few days.. the rest of the day and evening were good.. gradual mild soreness started coming on late in the night but felt good

About 4 am I woke out of a sleep.. apparently I rolled over my leg laid across one of my calves.. this in turn woke me out out of a deep sleep.. I let out a " aaahh".. as I started to become more aware of my surroundings I noticed my calves were actually throbbing.. I swung my legs out of bed and when I tried to stand the pain was other worldly.. a yelled a few times..but then realized I couldn't put my feel flat on the ground.. then I realized I had to piss. After a few stumbles and screams I came to realize I could only walk like a ballerina.. straight up on my toes down the hall screaming every step.. so I sat down to piss as my calves had completely took my will to stand and be a man and looked over and saw ibprophen.. so I popped 3 of those and decided my best course of action was to literally crawl like a infant .. or Ned beatty in Deliverance .. which ever works for ya.. and made it back to bed.. the bed was of little comforts any pressure on the calf made me scream and suck my own thumb..

So this morning I wake up.. yes, I crawl to the living room . . I can barely stand let alone walk.. I truly qualify for Telethon status at this point. As I crawl into the living room my beautiful wife looks at me with disgust.. shes drier than sandpaper seeing her husband trying to explain the horror of what's going on below my knee caps.. she brings me my breakfast with a look of disdain and asks " so I guess seeing the fireworks is out of the question"?.. I tell her it will be fine.. that I can get there. All the while knowing there isn't a chance in hell. . She leaves to go shopping.. I start my crawl to the bathroom .. as I head down the hall I see myself in my daughter door mirror.. I now know why my wife is as dry as moon rock seeing me..

25 years ago I ridiculed a guy named Chad at my gym.. he did calf raise after calf raise once because a guy made fun of his calves.. he had to call into work the next 3 days. .. I relentlessly tormented that man. Chad.. I apologize.

 

[pistonpump]

3 sets of bodyweight? That's wild.

I like training calves regularly. I almost think I should stop training them maybe I'll gain something somewhere else. If u don't work them for years then u try to do a workout on them you'll be sore and possibly not be able to walk

 

[LATS]

3 sets of bodyweight? That's wild.

I like training calves regularly. I almost think I should stop training them maybe I'll gain something somewhere else. If u don't work them for years then u try to do a workout on them you'll be sore and possibly not be able to walk

Yep.. only 2 sets of bodyweight to failure or damn close.. completely made me invalid today

 

[cage99]

Personally as far as muscle soreness goes. Calves and quads are fucking BRUTAL if you’ve let them go untrained for any amount of time. 100%…. Which of course if why a lot of folks neglect them!

Cage

 

[Alzadosghost]

Crazy. Iv trained calves a lot. Usually do 4/5 bodyweight sets of 40-50 of standing or donkey calf raises. Iv gone up to 70-80 reps when I was young and strong. Never once have I ever got sore calf’s. Maybe it’s because of always done them from the beginning. Quads is another story. If i train them adequately they always hurt for a few days but nothing like in the beginning

 

[comedycentral]

Due to plantar fasciitis I have to do a set of bodyweight raises every morning followed by a 20 second stretch. Hate calf training.

 

[LATS]

Lol.. I sitting here watching Kong Island.. my wife, out of the blue, says " so what was the plan? You wanted your calves bigger? Why"? So come back with " they shrunk a bit.. my pants are looser around my calves"... she just stares at me then says " you have a sickness.. "

 

[LK3]

lol
ive done that before!
it was more then 20 years ago trying some crazy drop set routine.
got out of bed to pee the next morning and fell to the floor. just like you said, crawling and ballerina toes!
fun stuff!

 

[alfresco]

As I've stated before.. I dont do calves.. they are a very good bodypart and I rarely throughout my lifting gave done calves. They got all the stimulation I could want from leg curls, lots of walking for my jobs.. and always measure over 19 inches no matter what I did. . Sometimes closer to 20. .

But recently because of a new position at my job I'm sitting alot more. Not getting many steps in.. I noticed a very ego punishing thing the other day.. my uniform pants aren't tight around my calves like they were... well.. can't have that.. so I decided to start throwing calves in...

So Tuesday at the end of back I decided I'd gradually start adding in calves.. nothing intensive.. just some calf work.. 2 sets.. so I dragged the old dusty calf block that came with a piece of equipment I bought and did two slow sets.. first set was close to failure.. dont know the reps. Just my bodyweight.. nice burn.. I thought to myself " I'll stop there and add another set my next workout"... well I apparently i ignored me and a few minutes later I was up on the block doung another set close to failure. Nice pump.. felt good.. went inside and ate ... the rest of the night I had a bit of fatigue in the old calves but felt good..

The next morning I got up and felt nothing. I did a calf raise and maybe a little twinge of soreness. Nothing really.. so I was kind looking forward to working them again in a few days.. the rest of the day and evening were good.. gradual mild soreness started coming on late in the night but felt good

About 4 am I woke out of a sleep.. apparently I rolled over my leg laid across one of my calves.. this in turn woke me out out of a deep sleep.. I let out a " aaahh".. as I started to become more aware of my surroundings I noticed my calves were actually throbbing.. I swung my legs out of bed and when I tried to stand the pain was other worldly.. a yelled a few times..but then realized I couldn't put my feel flat on the ground.. then I realized I had to piss. After a few stumbles and screams I came to realize I could only walk like a ballerina.. straight up on my toes down the hall screaming every step.. so I sat down to piss as my calves had completely took my will to stand and be a man and looked over and saw ibprophen.. so I popped 3 of those and decided my best course of action was to literally crawl like a infant .. or Ned beatty in Deliverance .. which ever works for ya.. and made it back to bed.. the bed was of little comforts any pressure on the calf made me scream and suck my own thumb..

So this morning I wake up.. yes, I crawl to the living room . . I can barely stand let alone walk.. I truly qualify for Telethon status at this point. As I crawl into the living room my beautiful wife looks at me with disgust.. shes drier than sandpaper seeing her husband trying to explain the horror of what's going on below my knee caps.. she brings me my breakfast with a look of disdain and asks " so I guess seeing the fireworks is out of the question"?.. I tell her it will be fine.. that I can get there. All the while knowing there isn't a chance in hell. . She leaves to go shopping.. I start my crawl to the bathroom .. as I head down the hall I see myself in my daughter door mirror.. I now know why my wife is as dry as moon rock seeing me..

25 years ago I ridiculed a guy named Chad at my gym.. he did calf raise after calf raise once because a guy made fun of his calves.. he had to call into work the next 3 days. .. I relentlessly tormented that man. Chad.. I apologize.

I feel your pain.

It will go away faster if you train them them the next day. Counterintuitive I know but it works amazingly well if you can tolerate the pain. It will shorten the DOMS. True story.

 

[LATS]

I feel your pain.

It will go away faster if you train them them the next day. Counterintuitive I know but it worlds amazingly well if can tolerate the pain. But it will shorten the DOMS. True story.

Yep.. im hitting the again tomorrow.. I went out today.. after finally getting my feet to be flat on the ground and walked with my wife for 20 minutes .. after about 10 minutes I was finally able to not look like Quasimodo.. so its loosening up

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

Calves are a biatch like that

Kwan Loong oil is great,

topical DMSO can really help get you back at it faster too.

 

[Hyperemia]

I feel your pain.

What I hate the most is T-Rex Arms after an extended lay off. I feel like such a weenie with how much it hurts just extending my arms.

Voltaren helps quite a bit. When I was in Vietnam they had a topical cobra venom cream that would numb the area and you could train through it without issue. I can’t vouch for the quality of what’s available stateside but this is what I used.

 

[alfresco]

Crazy. Iv trained calves a lot. Usually do 4/5 bodyweight sets of 40-50 of standing or donkey calf raises. Iv gone up to 70-80 reps when I was young and strong. Never once have I ever got sore calf’s. Maybe it’s because of always done them from the beginning. Quads is another story. If i train them adequately they always hurt for a few days but nothing like in the beginning

Very interesting.

Were you a lumberjack when you were training your calves then?

 

[Alzadosghost]

I started training my calves in the 8th grade. I didn’t start killing trees until o was 17. But ya logging on steep ground definitely helped my calves be brutally tough no doubt. Most guys I worked in the woods with had great calves.

 

[alfresco]

I started training my calves in the 8th grade. I didn’t start killing trees until o was 17. But ya logging on steep ground definitely helped my calves be brutally tough no doubt. Most guys I worked in the woods with had great calves.

Thought so. Theory confirmed.

 

[headtrainer]

As I've stated before.. I dont do calves.. they are a very good bodypart and I rarely throughout my lifting gave done calves. They got all the stimulation I could want from leg curls, lots of walking for my jobs.. and always measure over 19 inches no matter what I did. . Sometimes closer to 20. .

But recently because of a new position at my job I'm sitting alot more. Not getting many steps in.. I noticed a very ego punishing thing the other day.. my uniform pants aren't tight around my calves like they were... well.. can't have that.. so I decided to start throwing calves in...

So Tuesday at the end of back I decided I'd gradually start adding in calves.. nothing intensive.. just some calf work.. 2 sets.. so I dragged the old dusty calf block that came with a piece of equipment I bought and did two slow sets.. first set was close to failure.. dont know the reps. Just my bodyweight.. nice burn.. I thought to myself " I'll stop there and add another set my next workout"... well I apparently i ignored me and a few minutes later I was up on the block doung another set close to failure. Nice pump.. felt good.. went inside and ate ... the rest of the night I had a bit of fatigue in the old calves but felt good..

The next morning I got up and felt nothing. I did a calf raise and maybe a little twinge of soreness. Nothing really.. so I was kind looking forward to working them again in a few days.. the rest of the day and evening were good.. gradual mild soreness started coming on late in the night but felt good

About 4 am I woke out of a sleep.. apparently I rolled over my leg laid across one of my calves.. this in turn woke me out out of a deep sleep.. I let out a " aaahh".. as I started to become more aware of my surroundings I noticed my calves were actually throbbing.. I swung my legs out of bed and when I tried to stand the pain was other worldly.. a yelled a few times..but then realized I couldn't put my feel flat on the ground.. then I realized I had to piss. After a few stumbles and screams I came to realize I could only walk like a ballerina.. straight up on my toes down the hall screaming every step.. so I sat down to piss as my calves had completely took my will to stand and be a man and looked over and saw ibprophen.. so I popped 3 of those and decided my best course of action was to literally crawl like a infant .. or Ned beatty in Deliverance .. which ever works for ya.. and made it back to bed.. the bed was of little comforts any pressure on the calf made me scream and suck my own thumb..

So this morning I wake up.. yes, I crawl to the living room . . I can barely stand let alone walk.. I truly qualify for Telethon status at this point. As I crawl into the living room my beautiful wife looks at me with disgust.. shes drier than sandpaper seeing her husband trying to explain the horror of what's going on below my knee caps.. she brings me my breakfast with a look of disdain and asks " so I guess seeing the fireworks is out of the question"?.. I tell her it will be fine.. that I can get there. All the while knowing there isn't a chance in hell. . She leaves to go shopping.. I start my crawl to the bathroom .. as I head down the hall I see myself in my daughter door mirror.. I now know why my wife is as dry as moon rock seeing me..

25 years ago I ridiculed a guy named Chad at my gym.. he did calf raise after calf raise once because a guy made fun of his calves.. he had to call into work the next 3 days. .. I relentlessly tormented that man. Chad.. I apologize.

I’ve been there and done that! Lol. It feels more like a pulled muscle than a sore muscle.

 

[maxrep24]

Calve pain/soreness is the worst, I went too heavy one time on standing calf raises after not doing calves for awhile and i was out of commission for like 4 days, it was brutal.

 

[xpoc]

I am a personal trainer and I had a new gal perform standing calf raises on her first day with me. 2 sets x12 and the 3rd set to failure. She texted me the next day from the Urgent Care center saying she would miss the next few workouts because she could not walk. She said it was more painful than childbirth. WOW. On a side note she did come back after a week and has been killng it.

 

[xpoc]

I always tell my clients I train that the "Calves are an angry little muscle." They support you all day long and do not appreciate the extra work ;-)

 

[BigBen1974]

@LATS I did the exact thing as a freshman in high school! Had just gotten Arnold encyclopedia and I decided to 1000 total calf raises with Bodyweight in my room at home… It was during freshman football…Needless to say I called in sick to school the next 2 days and laid down the entire weekend after!!! I will never forget that…