Calves are the bottom part of the leg right?
I am trying to write all this down for when I start working out after new years…
How does one train them? I’ve heard about those vibrating belts…
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Calves are the bottom part of the leg right?
I am trying to write all this down for when I start working out after new years…
How does one train them? I’ve heard about those vibrating belts…
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FST7
A calf thread without mentioning Mike Matarazzo is like a nutrition thread without mentioning chicken breasts.
Does anyone try to keep their fingertips on their calves during seated raises? I was doing this for a while and it definitely helped to feel things working better. Give it a shot, if you’ve got the arm length.
Chris Dickerson
[quote]zraw wrote:
Different problem, same answer… ask Meadows 
This is Antoine recently…
His calves were 19.5 not so long ago…[/quote]
That doesn’t actually read 22 in… That’s the myotape I believe that he’s using to measure and if you use it that way you’ve got to take 2 in from whatever the measurement is
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Ben Pakulski,
Erik Fankhouser[/quote]
Those dudes look like they have cocks growing on the back of their legs
[quote]E901 wrote:
guess who[/quote]
Fank.
His calves are some of the most recognizable in the sport.
That’s a lot of meat. If I ever get stranded in the Alps with them starving with no food, we’re having drumsticks!!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That’s a lot of meat. If I ever get stranded in the Alps with them starving with no food, we’re having drumsticks!![/quote]
Why the hell would you two be there together?
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That’s a lot of meat. If I ever get stranded in the Alps with them starving with no food, we’re having drumsticks!![/quote]
Why the hell would you two be there together?
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A black and bald and mutant calf convention.
They have them all of the time in the Alps.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That’s a lot of meat. If I ever get stranded in the Alps with them starving with no food, we’re having drumsticks!![/quote]
Why the hell would you two be there together?
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A black and bald and mutant calf convention.
They have them all of the time in the Alps.[/quote]
lol!
Of course. Where else!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That’s a lot of meat. If I ever get stranded in the Alps with them starving with no food, we’re having drumsticks!![/quote]
Why the hell would you two be there together?
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A black and bald and mutant calf convention.
They have them all of the time in the Alps.[/quote]
Ahh
plots invasion of. Alps
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That’s a lot of meat. If I ever get stranded in the Alps with them starving with no food, we’re having drumsticks!![/quote]
Why the hell would you two be there together?
[/quote]
A black and bald and mutant calf convention.
They have them all of the time in the Alps.[/quote]
Mihaly Kormny’s calves.
Huge, but ugly.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
This thread is dedicated to calves.
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also interested about what WORKED for you.
As Tim Henriques said : never ever listen to people with good genetics who have massive calves without even training them once in their life !
Mat’
To all you calves lover try this meadows workout
Put 1-2pps on the legpress machine (dont use 2pps, srs…I used one and wanted to shit my pants still)
Do 60secs worth of reps (i get about 40reps in there so not an ultra fast or ultra slow pace)
Rest 60secs
Repeat 3 more times
Have fun
I think calves are 70% genetic.
Sure you can work them to improve what you’ve got, and other things can help too, but if they attach too high and the muscle’s shape already limits you then you can only go so far.
Mine are pretty good but I really wouldn’t say I worked them that way. They basically look like my dad’s calves.
I do 3 or 4 sets of standing raises. I used to do the seated one but my gym got rid of the machine. Maybe running helped my calves, but who can say if so and by how much?
Here’s a pic:
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I just noticed it looks like I’m peeing on that machine.
IMO if you don’t have decent calves before you start training then you probably never will. Not many guys go from having 14" calves to 18"+, not naturally any way! Even with help most will still have crap lower legs.
Every guy i know with massive calves had a decent amount muscle there before even picking up a weight.