Can we all agree that calf raises are the worst fucking exercise? Literally serve no function...

>calf raises are
a meme.

Enjoy your weak ankles that will evert and supinate like a penguin when you squat you fat fuck

ok, let's settle this once and for all, has anyone managed to grow their calves with calf raises? is it a meme?

mine did. but i am asian so its easier. i do them on a hack squat machine

look at the calves of male ballet dancers.
a lot of ballet work is done holding on to a bar, and doing french ballet exercise called a 'releve'
it literally is a calf raise while your legs are externally rotated
do these all day long and i gaurantee your calves will explode

i did but they don't last long if you don't train them regularly. i think sprinting is best for them.

>calves before raises = porn in 240p
>calves after raises = porn in 1080p
But you're still viewing it on your tiny iPhone screen on your neighbors stolen wifi while you're hiding in a dark closet fluffing yourself while it buffers and your dad is banging on the door and yelling at you because he's mad that you called your mom a "normie dyel bitch".

Like, it's nice to look at I guess.

You realize that the biggest muscle in your calf is the gastrocnemius and seated calf raise don't train them? Do standing calf raises you utter retard.

Sweet lord Jesus I'm about to get so much shit but I did a couple cycles of Insanity and my calves definitely got bigger and were much more defined. They weren't huge by any means but I made much more progress during that time than all the thousands of calf raises I've done at the gym.

But maybe all those calf raises set me up for gains when I started doing Insanity?

lmao I have never had an issue with my ankles while squatting and I have never wasted my time doing calf raises

If you want to train your calves, do hill sprints.

>small calves

>leg press aka calf press

Pick one and only one

It works for me and you are all stupid, you probs only use the seated calf raise machine.

Exactly, I think all these retards are only training the soleus.

>What the hell are you supposed to do for calves then??

be fat and white

>tone

t-nation.com/training/answer-for-massive-calves
This sounds like a good resource.
Sprinting is really good for glutes and hammies.

Can confirm, this method also works.

I do calf raises and my calves went up 3" in a year. Not super thick but still gains. I do 380 lbs 1x20 standing.

goddamn that's a nice article. thanks bro, i really appreciate that link.

here, have my favorite maymay

I've heard a lot of times that being fat makes your calves bigger, but it still depends on genetics: my father has been fat for the last 10 years, he has NO fucking calves and no glutes at all, he stores all the fat in the abdominal area.

nice varicose veins

Those are just normal veins because he isn't a fat fuck and actually works out. You should try it.

>deadlift
>do it while being alive

>bench press
>don't actually press the bench

the opposite is true

Is your dad big lenny?

that's because your dad probably sits on his ass for 23 hours a day.

>dumbbell flys
>look closely at the dumbbell
>realise it's not actually flying, it's just my arm moving it in such a way that it appears to be flying

>leg extension
>still a manlet

yes I got calf gains, but you need to stretch them in between sets, like touch your toes or raise one leg and grab your foot

I've never seen anyone with big calves doing calf raises.

ankle weights+20 mile walk=shredded calves

Learn ballet jump drills, get massive calves

And then you realise that soleus is even bigger than gastrocs. It's called the Triceps surae for a reason.

weigh 600lbs

>Decline bench
>Do then anyways