Do you train your calves? (Only vote if you workout)

[hanselthecaretaker]

It's hard to make em grow so you have to go heavy. However through normal everyday activity they get used enough to maintain pretty much all their size without training. Big calves can make a person's legs though.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Oh yeah. When I boxed we used to do 3 minute rounds of jumping rope. It was a sick cardio and calf workout!

I am thinking about trying it as like hit cardio but I have knee issues as is I dunno how much hard that would be on me.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

only flaming fucking faggots train their calves

 

[superqt4u2nv]

only flaming fucking faggots train their calves

So you work them what once twice a day?

 

[wnt2bBeast]

So you work them what once twice a day?

shhhhhhhhhh
i have a calf raise amchine under my desk

 

[superqt4u2nv]

shhhhhhhhhh
i have a calf raise amchine under my desk

I figured as much

 

[thelion2005]

I ask because I never do. I've been training for about 4 years or so now, but have worked my calves maybe 2 times in 4 years. I do squats and deadlifts, just never calves.

How many of you train calves regularly?

Is it worth it or a waste? I have decent sized calves as it is.

Classic proportions state that neck, arms and calves be equal.

If you are blessed with large calves, cut them with a few sets of 15 with a hold at the top.

If not, you have to work them at least twice a week.

They will also come up with body weight increase.

 

[Jim Ouini]

I used to when I was on the old 1 bodypart/wk routine.

I used to seated strip sets and put 4 or 5 10's on each side and do 10 reps, strip a dime, 10 reps, strip a dime etc etc. This way I could keep super strict form and full contraction.

For straight leg I'd do heavy eccentrics, 2 feet up, one foot down, for like 6-8 reps.

Now that I've moved onto different training method I never do calves anymore. I do feel walking backwards with the sled works them quite well, though, and I do these 3 x week. Fun stuff.

 

[redguru]

I have one calf exercise on every leg day, I alternate between Smith Machine standing single leg calf raises for the gastrocnemius and Seated calf raises for the soleus. My routy is a little strange but its a ten cycle periodization. Each cycle consists of 6 workout days. 2 on 1 off, 2 on 1 off, 2 on 2 off. Then the next one begins.

Cycle %intensity
1 70
2 75
3 80
4 65
5 85
6 75
7 80
8 85
9 70
10 90

Day 1 W/O

5 x 5 Full Squat
1 x 5 DL
3 x 10 Smith Machine Calf Raises
3 x 15 Weighted Incline Crunches

Day 2 W/O

5 x 5 Rows
1 x 5 Bench
3 x 10 shrugs
3 x 10 Narrow Grip Bench
3 x 10 EZ Bar Curls

Day 3 W/O

5 x 5 Lunges (yeah, yeah, like I give a fuck what you think)
1 x 5 Good Mornings
3 x 10 Seated Calf Raises
3 x 15 Incline Hip Raises

Day 4 W/O

5 x 5 Front Pulldowns
1 x 5 Standing Shoulder Press
3 x 10 Rear Delt Flyes
3 x 10 Hammer Curls

Day 5 W/O

1 x 5 Full Squat
5 x 5 DL
3 x 10 Smith Machine Calf Raises
3 x 15 Weighted Incline Crunches

Day 6 W/O

1 x 5 Rows
5 x 5 Bench
3 x 10 shrugs
3 x 10 Narrow Grip Bench
3 x 10 EZ Bar Curls

I have this all in excel which number crunches intensity of w/o vs 1RM. This looks like high volume but with the off days in you are only hitting each body part once every three or four days.

 

[redguru]

Here's a copy of my current excel workbook, includes a bodyfat calculator based on the 7-point skinfold test, and my complete workout periodization. Use, don't use, as you will. Fill out the table data for 1RM tests for each exercise and it'll autofill the workout weights according to week of cycle you input. If nothing else it'll teach some noobs to excel some tricks.