Done, everyday for July even on non training days I will train calves. One day seated calves for soleus and one day standing or donkey for gastrocnemius.I think we should do this as a ausbb challenge! YAY!
I'm in! Work calves every day, for the month of July - get it done GROAR! Post this shit up and let people get involved! God knows most people on this forum need to train calves MOAR, me included! Let's start it!
Train calves, every day, for 31 days, doing different exercises and sets for them, each and every day! And check in required, DAILY!
I'm in!
Start the thread!
Coz i don't have a lagging muscle other than the calves.why not have one for every muscle group everyday then?
Bella's on a calf crusade
After calves we'll do a glute challenge
Done, everyday for July even on non training days I will train calves. One day seated calves for soleus and one day standing or donkey for gastrocnemius.
This will be interesting.
Coz i don't have a lagging muscle other than the calves.
Viv,
I train calves twice per week.
One day concentrating on the solues with seated calves, usually 4-5 sets.
The next time concentrating on the gastro again 4-5 sets with standing calf raises or donkeys.
I keep reps around the 20 mark but some times i got higher. I feel if i go to low in the reps I can't gt full ROM. I get massive DOMS in the calves that usually last up to 5 days.
Stupid things.
Will do.Yay! Me too! Start the thread GROAR - let people get involved! This is going to be fun! I might start before July thoughlol
yeah they adapt but I think they have adapted already so I need to do something extreme I guess. Can't hurt to try.every day probably not a good idea. they do adapt pretty quick. I remember proving that true when i was coming back from a soleus injury years ago.
I need to see if my gym has one of those. i don't have one. Where can i buy one and I'll do them at home?For standing calf raises especially (but maybe also seated), try extending the ROM by using one of those half foam rollers under your feet. ie semi-circular ones with the flat part on the floor. Like being on a step but much more challenging. Really activates the stability action in your ankle and calf as well as allowing for extra ROM.
do them slow. you might need to drop the weight a bit doing it this way.
My trainer gets me to do the standing ones like this. Much harder but I can really feel it (unlike doing them on flat ground).
more reps is good. 15-20, even up to 25 if you feel like it. but 15 or a bit more is good.
not sure if that will help but might be worth a try.
Do you not read? I have tried training them the same. they are lagging, something different may be required.I still don't understand why people think they need to train calves "differently" then other muscle groups.. its only a muscle group, nothing different about them
Will do.
yeah they adapt but I think they have adapted already so I need to do something extreme I guess. Can't hurt to try.
I need to see if my gym has one of those. i don't have one. Where can i buy one and I'll do them at home?
I still don't understand why people think they need to train calves "differently" then other muscle groups.. its only a muscle group, nothing different about them
Do you not read? I have tried training them the same. they are lagging, something different may be required.
End of my leg workout? I don't train them with legs. and how would you know how much effort I put into them?Yes maybe try putting some effort into them and being consistent and stop just putting them at the end of your leg workout doing 5 sets while you do double that for arms. Bent-leg calf raises are shit as it only hits soleuos... straight leg hits both the soleus and gastrocnemius of the calf making it much superior. Stop doing this 20 rep stuff, "oh but i get doms so its good". 15 reps + is useless.
In b4 what would you know blah blah
i can read too
Stop doing this 20 rep stuff, "oh but i get doms so its good". 15 reps + is useless.
In b4 what would you know blah blah
I will check it out.same places you get foam rollers, physio supplies etc and online.
e.g. 66fit EVA, Blue Foam Roller, ITB Roller, Myofascial Release, Physio Roller 66fit Blue, 15x45cm, Australia
You can also use a wooden block or reebock step. I find these things make it just that much harder with the stupid bar on my shoulders.
So I need more control.
I've always had pretty defined calves without training them specifically, perhaps I'm lucky. They are more like the ones in the first post than the later ones. I think it's from kayaking regularly (you're jammed in and use your legs/ core for stability).
Probably not the best pic but it gives you an idea.
Yep, definitely.
Some people have great calves already, with very little training required.
So if you workout every day, you will be huge?
yeah, not always so true.
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