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 How much size have you guys gained on your calves?
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Elite Bodybuilder 
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mine have went from 15.5 to 17.25. how much size do you think it is possible to gain in the calves, it seems like calves are mostly genetic.     | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 865 |
A muscle is a muscle. Train it right and fill your belly and it will grow. 50 standing calf raises with low weight 3x a week isn't going to do it. I train calves heavy once a week and they have been steadily growing. I don't believe in any of that "this muscle is genetic" stuff. My friend does abs and calves 3x a week. He has chicken legs and a gut. Think someone might be doing something wrong? =) -Warik ------------------ BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!!! | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder 
Posts: 236 |
Warik, I've gotta disagree there. Certain bodyparts on me always responded better to training than others did. For instance, my chest will grow with very light poundages and little training while my calves and triceps have always been a much more stubborn for me. I have to pound them very heavy, with big poundages to see any growth in them. It's pretty much the same principle behind the quest for better symmetry, isn't it? While we are all structurally a little different, (bone length and circumference, joint size, shoulder girdle vs. ribcage vs. waiste, muscle bellies etc.) the other component to the quest for symmetry is muscle size. And this is the only variable that we, as athletes, have any control over (barring surgery or other medical procedure). So if there's no such thing as someone having gentic gifts in an area bodybuilding-wise...then what would be the problem? Just train everything in proportion (equal amount of time and effort)and you will have the best symmetry available for your bodytype, right? But it doesn't necessairly work that way. That's why bodybuilding is a self-journey...there are too many variables specific to each athlete for bodybuilding to be that simple. ------------------ | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 1346 |
I totally disagree, the reason I asked this q is because I do not know anyone that has gained more than 3 inches of thier calves, ever. I know it's possible. And I don't need workout advice (for calves) so answer the questions guys. "HOW MUCH SIZE HAVE YOU GUYS GAINED IN YOUR CALVES?" | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 236 |
About 10" last month. Par for the course. ------------------ | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 1346 |
bump. c'mon pussies, fess up. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 87 |
I don't know how much size I have ever gained on my calves, but right now, unflexed they're at just a smidgen over 16 1/4. Hmm, weird they don't get any bigger when I flex them, seems like the only thing that gets bigger when I flex them is the area below the big meaty ball..O well. Anyway, my calves aren't the biggest, but I'll tell ya, I haven't seen many people do as much on the Paramount calf raise thingy as I could, or any calf exercize for that matter. If anyone's familiar with this machine, you sit in it, and put your feet up on these bars, and do a mini leg press up, lock your legs out, and push repeatedly with your calves. You add weight by moving this big sliding weight on the bar up or down on it. And you can add more weight onto the front if necessary. I don't know how much poundage it is suposed to equal out to when you bring the weight all the way to the end, but, I used to be able to put that all the way up, and add a 45 lb plate, and a 35, and another 10 onto the front, and do that for a solid 20 reps. I always went high, cause I wasn't too sure if low reps would work the calves too well, I always heard that calves are usually made up of that muscle that responds well to high reps, or whatever, but then I hear that all types of muscle responds the same to different reps, so I dunno, who wants to clarify that for me? | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 61 |
When i first started training at 18 i had 13.5" calves at 5'8, my legs were scrawny as hell.I'm 28 now and there bang on 17" so thats a 3.5"increase natural,i think i have another half to one inch left in them yet.After a lot of trial and error,i train them once a week with two sets on the standing calf raise with 12-15 reps to failure. ------------------ | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder
Posts: 1337 |
the best way to get big calves is to get real FAT and run lots. fat dudes = big calves... Puc | ||
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Olympian 
Posts: 1941 |
I've LOST size on mine which is what I wanted...with my short legs they were making me look stumpy....it hammered it home when I saw fellow shrimp Lee Priest..his legs look absolutely RETARDED on his stumpy frame. | ||
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Freak 
Posts: 2134 |
I believe a lot of calves and forearms are genetic. My forearms are good sized but they have not grown much. They were always big. My calves are decent too. I don't know if any of you have butchered an animal before, but I have and the forearms and calve type areas of say an elks leg is riddled with ligaments and the muscles between these ligaments and tendons are really thin like in layers. I suspect that is how a humans forearm and calf is too. This leads me to believe it is hard to get them to grow substantially because the muscle is encased. ------------------ |
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