Calves lagging.

[b fold the truth]

Well, I am a firm believer that calves take one major thing to develop them corretcly...:

TIME

I don't have anything to do calf raises on so I get most of mine from doing event training: harness pulls, vehicle pushes, sled dragging, tire flipping, etc...

I do NOT have big calves compared to the rest of my body (17.5") but I have gotten a lot of growth lately from hitting them with my events. I highly suggest doing some vehicle pushes a time a week...

Remember that I am limited in equipment though...

B True

 

[CytoMel]

Bullshit. Arnold didnt have calf implants.

 

[strong island]

Poliquin Calve workout

I am going to try this for a few weeks.

Here is one of Poliquin's Calve workouts:

Day 1

A1) Seated 3 x 10/5/5 1-0-1 tempo

A2) Donkey 3 x 30-50 1-0-1 tempo

B1) Standing 10 x 10-30 1-1-1 tempo


Day 2 (48 hours later)

A1) Triple drop set: Standing 3 x 10/10/10 1-2-1 tempo


* A1 and A2 means they are supersetted
* 1-0-1 means 1 second to lower, no pause at bottom, 1 second to raise.

 

[BlkWS6]

It's strange a lot of you advocate to hit calves with really heavy weight, which I have been doing for the last couple of months or so. However, I went for a ton of reps the other night w/ a lighter weight and not a lot of rest, and for the first time in a long time my calves are actually sore! They would never get sore off of the heavy/low rep workouts I was doing before. Whether this is the way to go or not, it was definitely a shock to my calves that never seem to experience the joy of soreness.

 

[bignate73]

soreness is not an indicator of growth.

 

[coolcolj]

walk on your toes for 30 mins will get them sore in a hurry

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by bignate73
soreness is not an indicator of growth.



Hhaha, yeah I knew someone would throw that in. And yeah I know what you are saying, but my point is that I must have somewhat "shocked" the muscle, and this may dictate growth in the future.

 

[bignate73]

true, true.

 

[strong island]

Did day 1 yesterday and my calves are very sore...definately because of the high reps involved. The high reps hit the slow twitch muscle fibers which I am now realizing that I neglect. Here it is corrected with rest intervals:

Day 1

A1) Seated 3 x 10/5/5 1-0-1 tempo

A2) Donkey 3 x 30-50 1-0-1 tempo

B1) Standing 10 x 10-30 1-1-1 tempo (10 seconds between sets, basically giant drop set)


Day 2 (48 hours later)

A1) Triple drop set: Standing 3 x 10/10/10 1-2-1 tempo (90 seconds between sets)


* A1 and A2 means they are supersetted
* 1-0-1 means 1 second to lower, no pause at bottom, 1 second to raise.