Dropping all calf exercises from my routine after 4 years lifting.
Always felt like training them has never done anything.....I was successful with dropping shrugs 1.5 years ago and thus far seen continuous development of traps from deadlift/press.
Never liked calf exercises myself either, as overdeveloped calves look gross tbqh, however I'll still do 3 sets of seated calf raises for 20 reps every leg day, just for the hell of it
Hunter Wood
Winners don't quit
Wyatt Carter
OP here.
I actually find calves to be important for overall balance. But as I said, I feel like lifting has done nothing for me.
I always do 30minutes of cardio everyday for health purposes ( after lifting ) and even with that, my calves don't seem to have grown.
But then again I might have muscle dismorphia. I honestly don't remember the size of my calves pre-lifting. All I know is that I've progressively overloaded them like every other muscle, tried all different rep ranges, training them everyday etc. Nothing seems to change their appearance.
What bugs me is that when I make PR's on other lifts, the muscles associated with them seem to mature/develop/grow. For example if I gained 10kg on my squat, I notice a difference on my quads,hamstrings, glutes......but with calf-exercise and making PRs on them ?? Nope, I can progressively overload them all year round and they don't seem to change lol. Shits fucked mate.
Blake Cooper
How big they are?
Carson Lewis
i do calf raises in the end of every deadlift set
James Evans
might be your genetics or form mine have grown fast since this guy at the gym told me to focus on holding it for a second at the bottom
David Wright
I don't know. Not big enough to warrant all the training Ive done on them.
Aiden Nelson
Good enough in my opinion man.
Sebastian James
Calf exercises are a meme
either you got em, or you don't
Jeremiah Cox
>tfw have big legs but small calves >everyone jokes that i skip leg day but never do end me
Austin Miller
Friendly reminder calves should be trained for 20 reps if you want hypetrophy
Justin Myers
Explains why every pro bodybuilder has huge calves,they just had them always. >Believing in this meme
Jason Ortiz
Thats not how gains work.
3x10 gives the same results as 10x3
Jason Howard
what are steroids? and like anyone has the time to spend hours working out claves every day.
Austin Allen
Veeky Forums knowledge right here. LMAO
Gavin Walker
>not doing 5x20 okay bitchboy
Josiah Rodriguez
winners know when to quit, asshole
Wyatt Cooper
>tfw have small arms but row consistently >have huge developed calves, quads, strong hamstrings, etc. end me
Robert Cox
It's not Veeky Forums knowledge, it's actual science, peer reviewed studies.
5x5 gives the same results as 3x10. (Also tons of peer reviewed studies showing this data)
Grayson Rodriguez
"i do calf exercises on one day" Bitch we walk everyday, do them everyday. In football and basketball practice we did them every day
Zachary Carter
>what are steroids It's true calfs are a very genetics dependant muscle it is about having ancestors who lived in mountains/hills vs flatlands
Robert Cooper
Show those studies, equal weight but different repranges but same amount of reps total
Austin Rodriguez
They don't all have huge calves. Of course, they all have larger than average calves due to taking enormous amounts of gear, but if you pay attention you'll see that their insertions give them vastly different calf sizes.
Luis Ross
>2016 >not roiding Its like you dont even want calves and want to stay dyel
Ryder Bailey
Every bodybuilder who trains at the same gym i go has huge calves compared to everyone else. They might not have dallas mc carver big calves but twice the size of a normal gymgoer
Hunter Wilson
Dennis wolf cant get his calves to grow on 100 grams of gear a week, what makes you think you could natty?
Andrew Carter
Calves are so small muscle you can train them almost every day, atleast every other day. They WILL grow, most people just give up on training them and complain afterwards.
Henry Davis
I didnt say natty ;) But maybe dennis skips CALFDAY
Jaxon Reyes
>life is literally bodybuilding >consistent 3rd/4th/5th placing in biggest bodybuilding show >skips calfday
Logan Nelson
Dennis is german cuck, he just skips calfday m8
Daniel Flores
they look good man.
hnnnnnng
this
Cooper Watson
don't stop training your calves fuck head, theres no chance in hell they were that size before you started lifting
Adrian Sanders
They look fairly proportional. I'm in somewhat of the same boat, but I noticed the interior muscle of my calf is overdeveloped and the exterior muscle is underdeveloped. I've started consciously pointing my toes inward while doing calf-raises and it's too soon to see any progress, but they've been sore as fuck lately.
Benjamin Cook
Dennis is actually one of the "some" this refers to.
You can watch his leg day video online, he trains calves, heavy too. They just can't physically grow.
Carter Butler
>as overdeveloped calves look gross tbqh pffft the chances of seeing a man with overdeveloped calves is similar to wining lottery btw small calves looks like shit and makes your legs look small and girlish
James King
You need to run uphill
Hill sprints are really good for calf development
Elijah Green
how the fuck do wommez always have thick ass calves?
Henry Phillips
How's my calf? They kinda look like tumors in this picture but I get lots of compliments at the gym and people asking me what I do for them
Nathan Phillips
>they just had them always They literally did
Blake Sanchez
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Luke Gomez
All of you landwhale have big calves
Hudson Martin
I am both of those yayy :^)
Charles Hernandez
I thought you said you'd trained them?
Nicholas Young
I'm not fat, just a former fatty
Isaiah Bennett
Not all fatties/exfats have massive calves. >my calves when I see a fatty/exfat calflet
Liam Hill
h-hows my calf game s-senpai
Camden Cruz
calves can grow just like any other muscle. But calves are a little different
basically, massive muscle hypertrophy is what is needed to grow calves. 100 reps on bodyweight calve raises with full range of motion and a 2 second pause on the top and bottom. Only takes like 10 minutes each day and required no gym and no equipment. Your calves will gain considerable size in just a month and even more if you keep it up.
Most people just cant be bothered to do it or are too lazy. calve machines at the gym are a fucking MEME and don't do shit. it's all about tons of reps for hypertrophy; it's why fat people and people who do ballet or dance usually have massive as fuark calves
Adrian Watson
That pinkey toe with no nail, disgusting
Parker Brown
You are clearly at least 30% bf
Robert Bailey
She has more fat in the calfs than him
Cameron King
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Robert Gutierrez
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Jason Jackson
Are these calves achievable natty? I have high shit tier calf inserts. Half my lower leg down is just ankle bone.
Carson Morgan
yeah just eat clen, tren hard and raise those calves as if they were your own children
James Fisher
do farmer's walks you turd
Parker Johnson
>Always felt like training them has never done anything user, this means your training was shit. Any time someone says they have a hard time working out calves I ask them their workout and it's absolute crap.
Isaiah Miller
hehe lol
Zachary Ramirez
the angle got oprah'd bro
Josiah Nelson
Try running uphill, or through sand or mud.
Michael Wright
>be short because female >be genetically dispositioned to store fat in your legs because female >eat a lot because female bam, big calves
Jaxon Wright
>doing calf exercises >not just jogging with proper form
kek
Noah Wilson
>used to have twig fucking calves >were probably 11inches >quads start growing insanely >calves are wayyyy behind >looks retarded >decide to not be a faggot and cry genetics >8x12 calve raises in the smith machine 4x a week at 225lbs >pic related
Don't even train them anymore
They fucking will grow it takes time, I didn't notice it for maybe the first 4-5 months, they looked exactly the same but I just kept training them and then one day I just noticed holy shit they look bigger and kept training them
But like I said now I don't train them anymore
Ian Sanders
>posting in a calflet thread
Julian Murphy
Post your nonexistent back
Owen Roberts
ah, the classic newfag line here on Veeky Forums
Lincoln Cooper
mirin vascularity >p-pls mire
Josiah Williams
i'm jealous u take anything to help with that?
David Watson
here is the back of my calves >inb4 rustled
John Davis
I was carb depleted when that was taken because keto.
Pic related is mid-bulk and +30lbs later.
Ian Murphy
adraffy you're 5'5 please leave.
Austin Cooper
You dont even need huge calves to look aesthetic. They just cant be small. Do your calf exercises and they will look good. Having big quads and hammies are far more important for overall leg development