Training Calf Muscles

quick interval sprints with the jump rope on your toes, don't let the heel touch and do it as quickly as you can for thirty seconds or a minute, rest, do it again, until you can "sprint" with it for about two minutes and do five or so reps.

Standing calf raises in the smith rack, of course, are the best. The smith rack spots you. I used to do about 450 lbs for sets of 10 reps in it, but I forget to set the safety once, dropped it on myself, and now have a healthy respect for always making sure the safety is employed. There aren't very many ways to flex a calf, so a few exercises must be done at high intensity.

 

ur overtraining ur calves. dont do 3 ****ing excercises for calves. unless u do 1 set of each.

 

^^^^ well then u r overtraining ur biceps aswell. if u want a good bodybuilidng routine ask me and i will post it up. also do them with free weights but put your toes on something a little higher. thats what i do. i do straiing calf raises on as tep.

 

he's not overtraining his calves.
the calves, like the abs, neck and forearms are hard to overtrain.
and im talking about real overtraining, long term overtraining, not just feeling sore the next day.
this is because they are used so much in our everyday lives.
the exercises suggested are fine. but remember youve got two different muscles there. the soleus and gastrocnemes (sp?) and im pretty sure one of them you need to work with your knees bent and the other with it standing.
im not sure anyway
goodluck

 

hypertrophy for the calves is very hard to achieve. i dont realy know enough to tell you what to do but id imagine higher reps would do it (like with the traps and forearms)

 

http://www.calfimplants.com/

 

One legged ankle jumps.

 

If it is the inside and the top of the muscle you want to improve, you really don't need to go down much below the ground. There are machines that allow you to lower your heels below the level of the ball of your foot, and they are worth doing every once in a while but all I did for years was the jump rope and heavy weight/ high rep standing calf raises.

I really can't let a post like this pass without a picture of my calves, you know.

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Excellent looking Tumor