calf training, help me!!

[brickshitpowerhouse]

DUDES,

i am training legs once a week, in a mass program and my calfs do not seem to be growing but my quads are.

can any one help me but some beef on these bad boys?!!!!!!

my current calf workout, which follows squats
is 5 sets of standing calf raises with reps from 6 up to 25

HELP!!!

 

[wrlord]

Common problem. Most people train calves more than most other body parts. Many use super-heavy weight. The calves are very strong and resilient muscles.
I tend to think that the answer to calf development is high reps. Look at all the serious bike-riders out there. Look at all the fat fucks with huge muscular calves out there. These people don't train with heavy weight (relatively), but they put their calves through high reps.

 

[STAYHUNGRY]

calf training....

ive found that it is best to alternate between two different calf-work outs during the week.
the first work-out dealing with super-heavy weight, and working the three major calf muscles,
gastroc, soleus, and the anterior-tib. the ant.-tib. should not be worked with heavy weight though,
usually just using your bodyweight should be sufficient.
the second workout deals more with high reps and low weight. really go for the pump during
this workout, incorporate a lot of posing and stretching between sets also. people usually start
to see a hot of improvement when they start to do that.

your calfs also might not be growing as fast as you want them to be because you are only training
them once a week, and after quads (probably the most hardest workout of the week). try training your
calfs twice and three times a week before you hit hamstrings, back, and quads. that way when you
hit your calfs first, they will be fresh and be able to push a lot more weight.

Stayhungry

 

[Giarc]

Try 2 calf workouts a week with more than 1 movement.

 

[calvesodeath]

I suggest 2 calf workouts per weeks to include squats, standing and sitting calf raises. I tend to do 1 high weight/low rep and 1 lighter weight/higher rep workout in each week. Most importantly, keep going on each set until you feel the burn in your calves. My workout partner has accomplished awesome calves with essentially this regimine.

 

[b fold the truth]

I hate training calves. I have just recently found a way that works them great and is fun. I get into my pulling harness...strap myself to my 7,000lb truck and pull it for about 50 yards as fast and as hard as I can. My calves are huge after a couple of sets.

B True

 

[Glootz]

I have?

 

[tomcat]

Ditto... Calf's twice a week Minimum.
Either that or get a job in a Cubicle office environment.
You get plenty of calf work standing up on your toes to look over the wall at some dude asking you a question

 

[wynnyelle]

my calves are *tiny* even though i train them three times a week doing both standing and seated raises. i work them to failure and i sure do feel the burn, the pain kills me. Yet my calf strength has improved but there is no change in size. not only that, even after a grueling calf workout, the calves will almost never be sore the next day. my BICEPS are bigger than my calves and i do not have large biceps. so what's the deal? something i should be doing that i'm not doing?

 

[Sniperwolf]

In my opinion genetics play a huge part in the size of your calfs. Unfortunately, no matter how much you train them they will not grow much if you do not have the right genetics. If you find your calfs are not growing through using weights you might be better off trying to just shape them by doing stand up sprints on a stationary bike. I know so many people who train their calfs like crazy with little or no reward.

 

[goahead]

Twice a week:

1. 20 - 10 - 8 - 25 standing calve raises

2. 25 - 15 - 12 - 30 seated calve raises

3. 20 - 10 - 8 - 25 standing calve raises

4. 25 - 15 - 12 - 30 seated calve raises


If this doesn't work, find parents with better genetics

 

[tomcat]

Yea! Calfs need lots of reps and set to burn them..

 

[GenetiKing]

I don't think insanely heavy weight helps the calves. I've found that (much like wynnyelle) when I go ultra heavy (4-6 reps) I don't see that much growth but I do get stronger. Reaching failure in that rep range tends to cause more neuromuscular adaption rather hypertrophy (muscle cell growth).

For that reason, I suggest going 10-12 reps, even 15-20 on some sets. I have noticed more growth when staying in this rep range. The most important factor in calf training (like any other bodypart) is intensity. You really have to break through the pain barrier and become hard-nosed if wanna put on calves and don't have the gentics for them (like me ).

 

[tomcat]

There is NO PAIN like CALF PAIN !!

Why the hell is that?

 

[GenetiKing]

There is NO PAIN like CALF PAIN !!

Why the hell is that?

No kidding. It's a unique burn that makes me wanna scream in agony. I love it!

Sniperwolf,
Where you been the last few months bro?

 

[blood_drinker]

It's a unique burn that makes me wanna scream in agony. I love it!

damn i love that mentality....

 

[Sniperwolf]

Genitiking. I only ever log on to this site when I'm at work as stops me from falling asleep when I've got nothing to do. However, about a month ago, when I came back from a short holiday overseas, a whole heap of work had just piled up on my desk like a tower, and its just taken me until last week to get things under control.

 

[wynnyelle]

damn it hurts when i train calves, it's worse than squats even. with squats it's kind of a whole-body general pain, but with calves i feel like fire is racing up the backs of my legs.

i plan to up the sets (i already stretch between sets). It's not like i have small calves, i have NO calves. Smooth straight line from under the knee to the ankle. Looking at my legs you'd wonder how i could run.

I plan to train those babies till they burst if i have to. I WILL have calves, i WILL have calves. I'm only asking for a normal anatomy here. I guess I'm becoming obsessed, but if that's what it takes...