Help on increasing calf size

[mustang_00]

lately i've been doing 12-10-8 and after i'm done i'll stand up and flex the holy shit out of them and hold it for a minute. i've just been doing that for a month. kinda playing around with things. their not huge or anything but i have noticed there growing

 

[Guinness5.0]

I've tried lots of different approaches to calf training over the years. None of 'em has done a thing as far as I can tell. I haven't directly trained calves in about ayear, but as my squat poundage has climbed, so has the size of my calves.

 

[harbinator]

Not true. On a nice summer day go and sit by a bike trail and watch all the joggers go by. Its not uncommon to see people with 16-17" calves go by every few minutes.

Of course weight training is the best way to bring them up to par. Focus on squats and controlled calve raises.

I think calves is one of those muscles that has a GREAT deal to do with genetics and bone structure of the frame. I for one, barely work calves and have 18.5-19" calves and I might do 1-2 sets a week for them.

But, for breaking out of ruts you definitely want to do heavy reps and have that nice calf burning feeling and maybe even some cramps that take you to the floor, then those bastards will grow

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

You're also a big boy, according to your signature. That's why you have huge calves.

 

[mistahsaleen]

Alrite fellas so its been like 2 weeks since i started this thread and have trained the calfs 3-4 times so far and well there not huge and i have seen results when i look in the mirror, they look more defined as what they were before just skinny with a little muscle now they just look more defined overall. I have performed 2 calf exercise the seated and standing calf raise performing 4-5 reps 3 of which are heavy then last set really heavy and do as many as i can push and then warm down where i drop the weight and do as many as i can 20 or so. Thanks for the info fellas

 

[Whiskey]

work'em as much as possible. I'm up to three times a week now. Three sets as heavy as possible, then 2-3 sets as many reps as possible, 20+

Whiskey