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I have been plenty sore over the years.. Been doing this since I was 13... I'm 49 now so IVE tried about ever training technique around.. Some have made me sore.. But a few stand out..
I never work calves.. They always were big.. Much of it im sure racing BMX from a small 8 year old to 16.. But large calves run in my family.. So one day I decided I wanted freaky calves.. My calves relaxed at just around 19 inchs.. ( don't believe me I'll send Ya pictures lol)
So when I owned my gym a member said " I know you don't train calves but ARENT ya curious as to how big they can get ?" .. I kinda thought for a minute and said " yeah.. Kinda.. I'll start training them twice a week and see what happens in a month or so".. Again this was mainly for shits and giggles..
Well that night I did legs.. At the end of the session I did calf raises on the leg press with a good stretch and contraction for around 10 reps hard then would stand up and do another slow 15 reps from just the floor.. 3 sets..
Now I know I should have gone into it slower.. But in my " water head" mentality I figure my calves were used to walking miles a day at the gym so this " might " give me a bit of soreness.. Well later that night before getting into bed I started to notice a bit of soreness..
(NOTE READERS AND MEMBERS.. IF YOUR ALREADY SORE 4HOURS AFTER SESSION.. BUCKLE THE HELL UP... ITS GONNA GET BUMPY )
The next morning I was awoken because my foot hit my calf when I rolled over and literally put me into a dream sequence... The FRICKIN sheets hurt.. So I gingerly rolled out of bed and found that my feet could not get flat on the floor.. At this point I'm pissed at myself and know it's gonna get ugly .. I finally get my feet flat and woddle my ass to the shower .. They literally throbbed and pulsed while just standing inthe shower.. But I had to open the gym so off I went cussing and stifling screams as I walked..
I kept myself standing the whole day for sitting for any length of time then standing brought me to near tears and praying to a God who could care less about my foolishness.. I knew tomorrow was really... Really .. Gonna suck..
I went home and iced my calves.. Took enough anti inflams to make drug addicts liver jealous and crawled.. Yes crawled to bed..
The next morning I woke my wife and said " your gonna have to open the gym.. I can't walk.. " she said " please tell me your kidding.. How stupid were you?" Well " were" insinuates past tense.. I Was no smarter this day then the previous.. Silly question if you ask me..
So to make a long story short I crawled for the next 3 days to the shower and toilet.. Pain MEDS had no effect.. And I didn't work for 3 days.. This brought about much ribbing from fellow members.. But I eventsully got back to training calves but much smarter.. In 30 days I added almost a inch to them.. Got bored and stopped.. All that pain for nothing :banghead:
I never work calves.. They always were big.. Much of it im sure racing BMX from a small 8 year old to 16.. But large calves run in my family.. So one day I decided I wanted freaky calves.. My calves relaxed at just around 19 inchs.. ( don't believe me I'll send Ya pictures lol)
So when I owned my gym a member said " I know you don't train calves but ARENT ya curious as to how big they can get ?" .. I kinda thought for a minute and said " yeah.. Kinda.. I'll start training them twice a week and see what happens in a month or so".. Again this was mainly for shits and giggles..
Well that night I did legs.. At the end of the session I did calf raises on the leg press with a good stretch and contraction for around 10 reps hard then would stand up and do another slow 15 reps from just the floor.. 3 sets..
Now I know I should have gone into it slower.. But in my " water head" mentality I figure my calves were used to walking miles a day at the gym so this " might " give me a bit of soreness.. Well later that night before getting into bed I started to notice a bit of soreness..
(NOTE READERS AND MEMBERS.. IF YOUR ALREADY SORE 4HOURS AFTER SESSION.. BUCKLE THE HELL UP... ITS GONNA GET BUMPY )
The next morning I was awoken because my foot hit my calf when I rolled over and literally put me into a dream sequence... The FRICKIN sheets hurt.. So I gingerly rolled out of bed and found that my feet could not get flat on the floor.. At this point I'm pissed at myself and know it's gonna get ugly .. I finally get my feet flat and woddle my ass to the shower .. They literally throbbed and pulsed while just standing inthe shower.. But I had to open the gym so off I went cussing and stifling screams as I walked..
I kept myself standing the whole day for sitting for any length of time then standing brought me to near tears and praying to a God who could care less about my foolishness.. I knew tomorrow was really... Really .. Gonna suck..
I went home and iced my calves.. Took enough anti inflams to make drug addicts liver jealous and crawled.. Yes crawled to bed..
The next morning I woke my wife and said " your gonna have to open the gym.. I can't walk.. " she said " please tell me your kidding.. How stupid were you?" Well " were" insinuates past tense.. I Was no smarter this day then the previous.. Silly question if you ask me..
So to make a long story short I crawled for the next 3 days to the shower and toilet.. Pain MEDS had no effect.. And I didn't work for 3 days.. This brought about much ribbing from fellow members.. But I eventsully got back to training calves but much smarter.. In 30 days I added almost a inch to them.. Got bored and stopped.. All that pain for nothing :banghead: