75 rep set for calves

[Thaibox]

Yup thats it WS6.The one I read was later than that, but clearly you were one of the elite pioneers of it. Very cool, despite the fact that you drive a Pontiac

BigBossMan, you're comparing raises with a weight you fail at around 20-25 reps, and continue for 50 more reps. That compares to bodyweight raises how?

Jb, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Nelson idea(because its a good idea). He may have made it sound that way, but I don't think so. If it is, I'll give him credit, but I doubt it.

 

[Citruscide]

I remember doing insane amounts of reps on calves with relatively high weight... about 2 months ago I had a stack + 45 on the standing calf machine and did around 45 reps... squeezing at the top, and getting a decent dip in it... J-E-L-L-O...

It does wonders for calves.

C-ditty

 

[gymtime]

First of all, it ain't that calf machine that makes you a weenie bro....that's just ....well....you.

But seriously folks...

With calves being as stubborn as they are for most people, I don't discourage trying just about anything, even volumes that would be ridiculous for other muscles. I think if nothing else, it would be good simply as a change up.

 

[louden_swain]

Who here has the calves of a 12-year old girl?? I know I do!!!

 

[casualbb]

12 year old girl? Feh! ...maybe a 14 year old one...

-casualbb

 

[rjl296]

i easily have the smallest calves here, and probably of anybody you have ever seen. even 12 year old girls are a good 2 " bigger than mine

 

[Jxaxsxe530]

sorry guy, but high reps for calves in my own experience didn't do much for me. i warm up with reps as high as 50, but i credit all my gain to heavy weight. i realized that ur calves hurt just as much when your lifting, say, one plate, as when your lifting 3, 4 plates. the difference in pain is minimal. its all in ur head. i dont buy the belief that since ur calves are used to walking, running, and jumping, they will only grow with really high reps. i believe calves are used to all that activity, so only extreme heavy weight will shock them into grow. who do u think put more stress on their calves? a 300 lb guy or a 150 lb guy? its only my opinion =) ... its funny how guys lift extremely heavy for chest, biceps, triceps, etc, and yet when they walk over to the calve raises machine they put on one plate. and they do that year in year out lol.

 

[The Shadow]

ahem......its all about TUT.

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by Jxaxsxe530
sorry guy, but high reps for calves in my own experience didn't do much for me. i warm up with reps as high as 50, but i credit all my gain to heavy weight. i realized that ur calves hurt just as much when your lifting, say, one plate, as when your lifting 3, 4 plates. the difference in pain is minimal. its all in ur head. i dont buy the belief that since ur calves are used to walking, running, and jumping, they will only grow with really high reps. i believe calves are used to all that activity, so only extreme heavy weight will shock them into grow. who do u think put more stress on their calves? a 300 lb guy or a 150 lb guy? its only my opinion =) ... its funny how guys lift extremely heavy for chest, biceps, triceps, etc, and yet when they walk over to the calve raises machine they put on one plate. and they do that year in year out lol.

I share similiar beliefs about calf training as you do. I stumbled across that routine a long time ago when I was experimenting with higher rep calf workouts. I seem to get the best growth from heavy weights and lower reps.


Thai: Im glad I could help, you see us Pontiac guys have more to offer to you Chevy folk then just a glimpse of our tail lights on the road.


And for the records I too look like Im riding an Ostrich!

 

[casualbb]

Would you pick a really light weight and bicep curl it 75 times?

No.

Calves aren't a magic new type of muscle; they respond the same way everything else does. They just see a lot of load during daily activities, so it's harder to load them at unaccustomed levels. Just train with low-ish volume, train heavy, and focus on weight progression. And it will work, the same way it works with everything else.

-casualbb