Makeshift Calves

[gibs0n]

Heya

I am working out from home and have a nice little routine going with just my bench and freeweights tho I have absolutely nothing to train my calves. Anyone got any suggestions of an exercise or something makeshift I can put together to be able to train em? My next major purchase will be a power rack cos the leg training apparati on the bench isnt that shit hot, so this calves thing will have to last me quite a while.

Cheers

 

[Chris52686]

You got all you need

 

[chewyxrage]

just do calve raises on a step or something.

do your right leg first, try 20 slow reps (or however many till it burns like a...) then switch to left....

 

[The Wenis]

if you have steps at your house you can hold 50-60 lbs, or whatever you're comfortable with, in one hand balance yourself with the other and do one leg at a time. all the way down, all the way up. can also use a couple of 2x6 boards stacked on top of each other.

 

[gibs0n]

Ah cool, I think I'll just score a plank of wood from somewhere, a full step sounds a bit hard out though, wouldnt your foot be almost verticle on a full size staircase step? about how thick is the optimum height for calve rasies? The chick in the pics looks like shes using not much more than a bed slat

 

[Dave949]

The only calf work I do in my home dungeon is what has been described already. I made a step by nailing a 2x4 on top of
a 1 1/2 inch plank which gives me about a 3 1/2 inch step which I do one calf at a time while holding a dumbell in the hand that is on the same side as the calf I am working. Works Great and I can burn my calfs as well as any calf machine I ever used !!!