75 rep set for calves

[Thaibox]

I don't remember who brought this up a couple weeks ago. But, it was basically a single set of seated calve raises consisting of 75 reps with 5 second pauses when needed. By the time you hit 65, you're doing 2-3 reps at a time, racking it, and burning like mad. This can go as high as 100 depending on weight and time at it.

Every leg day, I'm so washed out from real lifts that doing calves just feels like a waste of time. I hate sitting there like a weenie and grinding out sets of calve lifts. Its just boring and I want to go home and fall down from squatting. But this 75 rep set is perfect, it keeps the volume down and fries the crap out of my calves. As of my 3rd time in the last couple weeks, my seated calve raise(of 85 reps) has gone up a solid 50lbs. My calves are sore for a few days, but not the typical overdone, crippled sore that makes me look like I crapped my pants.

I just wanted to thank whomever brought this up a while ago, and bring it again to the attention of others who think that training calves feels like a waste of time, or is getting stagnant.

Good shit

 

[BlkWS6]

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=155657&highlight=75+reps+calves



But that sure was more then a couple of weeks ago (Jul '02). Maybe someone else stumbled upon that site as well and posted it more recently. Although it is pretty intense and kinda nuts, it sure was a lot of fun and made walking an almost impossible endeavor the following morning

 

[BigBossMan]

I think that would be a waste of time.

I remember when I was 10 years old, I was able to do over 100 bodyweight calf raises. It did take a while to build up to 100, but I don't think it helped me that much.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

It helped me. I used to do the same thing as a kid. Wake up and do my push up sit up routine. Pull ups at school

 

[WarriorPL]

I normally do 20-30 reps, great burn. Never tried 75 though... i will now though!

 

[saint808]

as long as theyare good reps... lower the weight some and make sure you get a full ROM on them.

 

[Last_Exit]

http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2478


Last|Exit

 

[louden_swain]

Sounds intense and a way to get the stubborn muscles to grow. I have tried everything for calves.

 

[Zander1983]

I've got great calves compared to the rest of my body. I doubt I would've trained them more than 10 times in my entire life! They continue to grow providing I keep my leg movements nice and heavy. I'm not overly active in terms of walking throughout the day, so that helps a lot. Despite that, I think it is my genetics that dictate the fact they tend to be nice and large.

I do a lot of explosive sprinting and change of direction work when I play indoor soccer, but your average soccer player isn't your perfect example of somebody with great calves (though the vast majority wouldn't be hitting the weights correctly...).

 

[johnb]

Thai, I think that was your man Nelson's idea originally.