total newb, i hate my legs

[treilin]

Well I used to have no calves and decided to sit on the seated calf raise machine 4 days a week.... Could be overtraining but I started at 45 pounds and then I would just squeeze the heck out of them at the top of the rep and do them until I couldn't walk. That made my gastroc start popping out. Then I started running long distance and that gave me more definition. Now I do standing calf raises, seated calf raises, and angled calf raises. Or Calves twice a week. I noticed one of last year's figure competitions (Where the GNC competitor took first) that she was the only one on stage with some calf definition. The one girl looked like pole legs (which I used to have), and the others just had a blob of gastroc and soleus melted together. So you are not the only one that has trouble with this part of the body. From my experience you definitely need to add lots of weight and just burn the heck out of them.

 

[GG1234]

hmm... maybe i'll start doing those.

i've done those before, but when i do them, my heels kind of pop out to the sides, not straight back. is there a certain way to do them? just lift the heels straight up, i'm assuming?

 

[scorpiogirl]

You can do them straight, toes in and toes out (as with all calf exercises). Try doing 6 sets of 20-25 - toes in, out and straight. You're last 5 reps should be excrutiating....make 'em burn to the point you have to sit down and shake them out. It works!

 

[GG1234]

You can do them straight, toes in and toes out (as with all calf exercises). Try doing 6 sets of 20-25 - toes in, out and straight. You're last 5 reps should be excrutiating....make 'em burn to the point you have to sit down and shake them out. It works!

which is better to work the inner calf?

walking in snowboard/ski boots... is KILLER on the calf muscles. i learned that while walking about 1/4 mile across the parking lot for the first time this season with my boots on. lol

i'll give those a try tonight thanks.

 

[scorpiogirl]

which is better to work the inner calf?

walking in snowboard/ski boots... is KILLER on the calf muscles. i learned that while walking about 1/4 mile across the parking lot for the first time this season with my boots on. lol

i'll give those a try tonight thanks.

Toes in for the inner calf (Medial Head of the Gastrocnemius muscle).

 

[*MissFit*]

good luck

 

[buffalogal]

Now there's some calves!! Nice avi, MissFit!!

 

[Sassy69]

another interesting exercise is to walk back & forth (like 20 steps each direction) on your toes carrying 45 lb plates, doing the full calf extension on each step.

 

[GG1234]

Now there's some calves!! Nice avi, MissFit!!

i have to agree


thanks for all tips/advice

now i gotta get my butt into gear and start doing all of these regularly... and not just whenever i remember

 

[scorpiogirl]

i have to agree


thanks for all tips/advice

now i gotta get my butt into gear and start doing all of these regularly... and not just whenever i remember

I think Sassy's "plate walking" sounds like it kicks ars!!!