what works to.... bigger calves??

[Fantom604]

How do you do these???? Sounds like something I need to be doing.

I think he means like using a smith machine, loading the barbell up in about the highest position (depends on how tall you are) and using a box or platform to do calf raises on. My gym (university) doesn't have a standing calf raise machine, so I have to do these...

 

[ZZuluZ]

BTrue,

I half squat a loaded barbell off a bench and then do some calf raises. You can also put a book or platform to have a longer eccentric but that really requires balance.

-Zulu

 

[b fold the truth]

ZZuluZ: So you are not fully standing? I am still confused.

B True

 

[ZZuluZ]

I explained that rather badly.

Since I don't have a squat rack and only a bench I have to half squat the wait so as to be standing. Then I just perform calf raises with the loaded barbell on my back.

-Zulu

 

[coolcolj]

shoes? now I have good excuse for shopping new shoes

Oh just noticed your female

No not that type of platform shoe Hmm like the strength shoe.

http://www.strength-systems.com/

you can make one yourself using an old sneaker and nailing a wooden block under it. Otherwise just walka round on your toes.

 

[BlkWS6]

Ok in my search for bigger calves, I combed numerious internet sites looking for different types of routines, and stumbled upon something that has me walking funny every time. Ok so here it is: You pick a weight that you can barely do 20x (standing calf raise) (and strict form mind you: heels all the way to the floor, and then all the way up on the toes) So by the time you hit the 20th rep you should be just about dead, however, you are going to continue to go until you reach 75 reps total. You take only enough break (3-4 sec) that will allow you to stand and get another 1-2 reps. Do this all the way up until you hit 75 total. I have introduced several people to this routine, and EVERY single one of them said they had never felt something like that before in their calves. It is key, however, to make sure that you pick a weight that has you failing right at about the first 20 reps, and even more important keep that rest period down super low.......no more then 4sec. You will find your calves will be on fire and you may only be able to get 2-3 reps before having to take a couple second break, but the feeling is undescribable. Give it a try! Good luck!

 

[ZZuluZ]

OR you could do 500 sets of calf raises...and get an even bigger burn!


-Zulu

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by ZZuluZ
OR you could do 500 sets of calf raises...and get an even bigger burn!


-Zulu


Ha. Im guessing this comment is geared at the routine I listed, and although it may sound like overkill it really isnt at all. The whole set itself takes no longer then 5 minutes, hardly a day and night in the gym dedicated to calves. I just found that the combination of a moderate weight and a very low rest period has deemed some results that I can see and feel. Like I stated this is not my own personal "calf concoction" I found it somewhere and gave it a try, and I thought it was pretty awesome. I don't think it is unreasonable to suggest that some people take a measly 5min (contrary to some 1,000 set one day calf cure) and try something that is very intense, if for nothing else just to add a little change to a monontonous calf routine.

 

[Deciever]

at one of my gyms i dont have a seated calf raise machine, so what i do i take a big wooden block, and set it under my toes, sit down on a bench in the smith machine, and take an old preacher curl pad and lay it on my leg and place the smith machine bar on that and do my own variation of seated calf raises.

 

[ZZuluZ]

It's not the duration that bothers me but the intensity.

99% of the time it is intensity, not frequency or volume, which results in overtraining.

Since the calf muscle is predominately slow twitch and you can use high reps and because it's an isolation exercise, you can go to failure without overly stressing the CNS but I still think what you're doing is overkill.

A good burn is not indicative of a good workout.

-Zulu