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jwiz

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From:White Plains, NY
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posted August 24, 2000 01:29 PM

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Any good calf training workouts?


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BK

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From:Swift Current, Sask, Canada
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posted August 24, 2000 04:45 PM

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Jogging will do most of the work for you.


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Rotten

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posted August 26, 2000 01:53 PM

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I do calf raises every day except Sunday. Your calf is one of the densest muscles in your body. Know which muscle is the densest? Your jaw muscles. You have to constantly hit your calves as hard as possible, because they work everyday when you walk. Put as much weight on either standing calf raises or sitting calf raises and still be able to do 5 sets of 15 reps. If you can't do 5 sets of 15, lower the weight.


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Cornellius

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posted August 26, 2000 04:21 PM

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My calves never grew. I did everithing, heavy, light, etc. Until I read the heavy duty book and started training my calves once every 8-10 days with one working set of 15 reps. That was a few months ago, and now they are 2 cm bigger and still growing. It was droug free.


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Valdez

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posted August 27, 2000 03:03 PM

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I was genetically blessed with great calves
my training partner lacks in size in that area. I have been right beside him trying to help him progress, so far this is what is working:

Leg press calf raises: heavy weight 500-1000lbs for 10-15 reps and about 4 sets twice a week

seated calf raises 3 sets right after leg press and 10-20 reps

Do not do calves every day! or every other day! H.I.T training has a lot of validity, I will never train in that style though and aside from the subject mike mentzer is a retard.

calf training is going to require patience on your part. good luck!


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The Canadian Oak

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posted August 27, 2000 06:05 PM

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i do standing and seated calf raises for 2 sets 10-15 reps each set and leg press calf raises as heavy as possible for 4-6 reps

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genF

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posted August 28, 2000 02:58 AM

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give them plenty of work. 4-6 reps, 15 sets/week worked well for me.

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BigGerry

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posted August 28, 2000 09:51 AM

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Forget about the every day or every other day theories, its overtraining.Two working sets once or twice a week if done correctly is all you need.I was not blessed genetically as far as calves go.I think when i started training aged 18 the were like 13.5 inches.They now measure 17" and i hope to improve on this.I've tried most types of taining and i discovered that the real secret to blowing up the calves is to slow the movement down and go for full stretch and contraction.I'm talking about 5 seconds in the streched position, 5 during midway and five fully contacted at the top.Two working sets of 12-15 reps, will really work those bad boys hard.Personally i do two sets of standing on mon, and two sets of seated on friday.Try it for one month and see what happens.

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