Funny, I just finished calves then logged on and saw this thread. I just tore apart my seated calf raise machine and rigged up a standing raise contraption at my house. I can’t even begin to explain how I built this thing… but lets just say it works.
Anyways…
I’m 6’ tall
225lbs
19" calves
Built mine up doing donkey raises. Seated raises suck for me, they only work the soleus. Standing raises are great but you don’t get the full blown stretch as you do with a donkey raise.
I would say most of the guys putting up small numbers for calves either weigh less than 200lbs and/or don’t do heavy donkey raises.
To get big calves you need to weigh alot is a general rule. You can get them big without weighing alot… but my dad has 20" calves and never did a calf raise in his life, he haapens to weigh 275lbs. You would have decent calves too if you had to tote that load around.
[quote]Alphaboy wrote:
juggernaut wrote:
let say i don’t wear shorts anymore after Charles Poliquin made fun of my calves at a seminar last fall…
going into the seminar to learn about “biosignature modulation” and left with “muscle dysmorphia”.
joy.
Really tell us the story…Thats funny I have never seen Charles wear shorts ever. Glad I wasnt there my calves suck ass…Thanks Dad.
Calves: 40 cm / 15.5 inches[/quote]
i was basically set up by my boss and fellow employees who were attending the seminar. my boss is good friends with Charles, so he told him that i hate my calves, and wanted Charles to single me out. boy did he ever…
he called me up in front of the class, and told me to lift my pant leg so he could do some measurements…i hesitated, and even fought a bit to sit down and not participate but he held me up there.
when i unleashed the mighty calf, he snickered and made a comment about my calves looking like an “ostrich” or something…i simply tucked my calf back in and headed back to my seat…
not fun.
[quote]juggernaut wrote:
Alphaboy wrote:
juggernaut wrote:
let say i don’t wear shorts anymore after Charles Poliquin made fun of my calves at a seminar last fall…
going into the seminar to learn about “biosignature modulation” and left with “muscle dysmorphia”.
joy.
Really tell us the story…Thats funny I have never seen Charles wear shorts ever. Glad I wasnt there my calves suck ass…Thanks Dad.
Calves: 40 cm / 15.5 inches
i was basically set up by my boss and fellow employees who were attending the seminar. my boss is good friends with Charles, so he told him that i hate my calves, and wanted Charles to single me out. boy did he ever…
he called me up in front of the class, and told me to lift my pant leg so he could do some measurements…i hesitated, and even fought a bit to sit down and not participate but he held me up there.
when i unleashed the mighty calf, he snickered and made a comment about my calves looking like an “ostrich” or something…i simply tucked my calf back in and headed back to my seat…
not fun.
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