Nelson, your calf routine sucks!!!!!

[DepressiveJuice]

Well, you'll feel 100 reps of no matter what you do, but does it work to produce mass/strength?

-sk

i read his article in musclemag and it worked for me. granted, they didnt blow up but they still went over the plateu they were in. not sure if i should say how to do the routine- it was on a $5.95 mag after all

 

[sk*]

i read his article in musclemag and it worked for me. granted, they didnt blow up but they still went over the plateu they were in. not sure if i should say how to do the routine- it was on a $5.95 mag after all

It's just that there are a million training techniques for everything, and most of them work well ... specially if you just switch to them.

I'm more interested in knowing why it works, does it give reasons in the book?

-sk

 

[Nelson Montana]

You really need to read the information to understand why this works specifically for calves and isn't just a "high volume" training routine. The reason this routine is so effective isn't because it's just something new. This is the only routine you'll ever need again for your calves. There's really no reason to do anything else.

Essentially, calves are very limited in growth and are made up of different muscle fibers than any other body part which is why they need to trained in a specific manner in order to be stimulated. Most calve routies hit the acheiles tendon more than the calve muscles and only work on guys who already have good calves.

 

[JG1]

is it 75 or 100 reps?

 

[sk*]

You really need to read the information to understand why this works specifically for calves and isn't just a "high volume" training routine.

That's fair enough ...

-sk

 

[DeepZenPill]

There's more to it than just banging out 100 reps. And I think that's the not the number he suggested either.

 

[bloatboy35]

Nelson, do ya have a routine that works that well for arms? 17inch pipes don't look all that good on a 220lb frame!!!

 

[daveyboy]

is it 75 or 100 reps?

Yeah, there seems to be some discrepancy with the number of reps to do as this thread gets longer...lol. 100 or 75? Well, the original number that Nelson quoted in the very beginning was 75. That's the number I went by when I did it last week. I was pretty sore for a good 2-3 days afterwards.

 

[The_Eviscerator]

I did not see results in my calves until I stumbled upon my own calf routine years ago. I would take 4-5 plates and do seated calf raises until I nearly shit, then I would have my partner remove one plate and do them until I nearly shit and etc... until I repped two plates until I shit.

The funny thing about calves (at least for me) is that once you build them they seem to stay built with little to no work.