Weighted calf raises are the most useless exercise in history. Theyre not even a real exercise
Your calf is a muscle that moves your bodyweight a million times a day
3x10 on a calf raise machine or holding weights is going to do fuck all
Youre better off doing very high rep bodyweight raises
Then add more weight.
Or can you calf raise more than you deadlift?
I can only calf raise 3pl8 on the smith machine, and my calves respond really well
I do them single legged with 45 lbs 3X12 and they feel like they are gonna fall off when I am done.
you're right, 3x10 won't do shit
I do them on the smith machine, start at 1pl8 and just keep adding weight, set after set with short rests i don't even count. maybe like 4 or 5 sets in total. and do the sets to failure, until my calves are burning
they've grown
I'm convince calves are almost 100 percent genetic. I've ran and hiked all my life but my calves are fucking tiny
>maybe like 4 or 5 sets in total
this, lol 3x12.
It's easy as piss to work calves.
On leg day:
>5x12 heavy ass raises
>5xF bodyweight raises
Twice a week aside from leg day:
>hilly hikes with 50 lb pack
Your calves will grow with a caloric surplus. People like just have no fucking idea how to train them and say "lol muh juhnetiks".
I did 3x20 on the leg press
guess i will add more sets
>3x10
Found the problem. Need to do 5-6x16-20 full rom. I do half standing, half seated. Just work those fucking calves.
Do 3x100 bodyweight reps
Trust me
No
Weighted squats are the most useless exercise in history. Theyre not even a real exercise
Your leg is a muscle that moves your bodyweight a million times a day
3x10 on a squat machine or holding weights is going to do fuck all
Youre better off doing very high rep bodyweight squats
post legs bb
I NEED SOMEBODY PLEASE
Why do the arches of my feet hurt after doing calf raises?
too heavy? Try lighter weight.
Maybe too much pronation/supination
>doesn't recognize sophisticated satire
Nope. Every exfat person has watermelon sized calves.
>he doesn't stretch so he gets plantar fascitis from calf raises
I do about 3 sets, 10 paused reps to failure and then just "pump" like 20 more on smith-machine. Burns like hell.
Although, I have made best calf gains from cycling.
run barefoot. a single mile will stimulate your calves much more than any 3X10 routine.
That's because you need to do them while using a shitton of weight. I wear a backpack full of bricks and hold 2 45 pound plates in each hand for 3 sets of 15 reps 3 times a week.
Probably an American. Satire is too subtle for them.
I was 300lbs in my youth. Got tiny ass calves.
Calves are meant to be in your lower leg m9
>Calves are used to high-rep bodyweight work.
>Introducing stress by doing high load work will do fuck all.
>Doing high-rep bodyweight work is a much better option.
Great logic, retard.
>ran and hiked
So you only trained them for endurance which does almost nothing for muscle size?
>calvelets having to isolate their calves to get them to grow and they stay the same size
>tfw born with big calves at 6'3"
Fucking kek stay mad
>you get born with big calves
>It's easy as piss to work calves
>10 sets on 'leg day'
>hike twice a week with a 50lb bag
yeah so easy man, will probably barely see any growth either
It's true, now they're toned. My arms still suck though.
Better off with really really heavy calf raises in a smith machine
You should have walked on your arms senpai
RIDE A FUCKING BIKE YOU KEKS
I hit my calves with literally nothing except for high resistance cycling, 3 times a week, 17 inch calves, and believe me, I don't have good calves "genetics"
>riding a bike activates your calves
wtf kinda manlet are you where only your tiptoes can reach the peddles?
Stair runs (there is a set of ~250 steps near my house). I do that. Calves feel fine day of, but day or two after feel like I've made a terrible mistake.
A manlet riding the proper size of bike?
I do nothing and my calves are like this.
Calves are a fucking bitch
regardless, I try to do bodyweight calf raises to failure a few times every other day or so, at least keeps a bit of muscle on my calf
when I'm cooking food I'll just sit there and do calf raises
>he's never had doms in his calves but still complains
>he does fast reps with calves not actually focusing on jackshit
So my 3 x15 260 pound calve raises in the leg press are useless?
Tiny m8
>5x12 heavy ass raises
How do you find a partner for this? I have asked numerous women in my gym but most get offended and refuse
Y'all want some beefy calves get you some of this machine in your routine. I usually do 2 cycles of 5x15 @300lbs
Ive noticed my calves got a little bigger just from walking up the stairs multiple times a day. I would recommend it if you don't have time to workout legs
17 inch calves are nothing to be proud of unless you're a manlet
All calve machines are literally the same shit
I do my calves with the same machine that I do seated pulldowns
>increasing volume
>not a good idea
>ever
kys
this. calf raises are used to strengthen the feet actually
Want big calves
Do hill repeats and sprints dummies