I’ve been working my calves lately and they are growing. I stopped doing them on leg day because after doing quads/hams/glutes I’m just so fucked and was half assing calves, so I pretty much give them their own day, or mix them with biceps or another small muscle group.
They still make a pretty damn intense workout on their own. I do about 15-20 sets and they are sore for a good 3-4 days.
I also have a habit of randomly doing bodyweight calf raises on steps or something. Not in a workout or anything. I see a step and go do some calf raises.
[quote]hardgnr wrote:
I’ve been working my calves lately and they are growing. I stopped doing them on leg day because after doing quads/hams/glutes I’m just so fucked and was half assing calves, so I pretty much give them their own day, or mix them with biceps or another small muscle group.
They still make a pretty damn intense workout on their own. I do about 15-20 sets and they are sore for a good 3-4 days.
I also have a habit of randomly doing bodyweight calf raises on steps or something. Not in a workout or anything. I see a step and go do some calf raises.[/quote]
I do that exact same thing but i dont even need a step i just do it where ever lol
[quote]crod266 wrote:
hardgnr wrote:
I’ve been working my calves lately and they are growing. I stopped doing them on leg day because after doing quads/hams/glutes I’m just so fucked and was half assing calves, so I pretty much give them their own day, or mix them with biceps or another small muscle group.
They still make a pretty damn intense workout on their own. I do about 15-20 sets and they are sore for a good 3-4 days.
I also have a habit of randomly doing bodyweight calf raises on steps or something. Not in a workout or anything. I see a step and go do some calf raises.
I do that exact same thing but i dont even need a step i just do it where ever lol[/quote]
After not training calves for a year or so out of frustration I have made noticeable progress working them twice a week. On my leg day I do both seated and standing with lower volume. Later in the week I do calves/abs/forearms where I increase the volume a considerable amount.
I mess around with the weight and found that I prefer going heavy on the low volume days and a do sort of a wave-loading type thing on the higher volume session. Often I’ll do donkey raises in place of a standing raise during one of the sessions. I like those.
I’ve been sprinting + gym for the past 2-3 months and have noticed a 1" gain in my calves, but haven’t done any direct calf work in the gym during this time…I’ve tried training them in the gym before and tried a couple things like high sets and reps, one long set of say 50 reps, etc. and they did get stronger, just not noticeably bigger
trained them last season up to 4 times a week , haven’t included them his year to see how it goes , if your training your legs they will grow proportionally allegedly lol
[quote]Professor xXx wrote:
I’ve learned full range of movement makes mine respond best. I do weighted toe raises and make sure to give them a really good stretch.[/quote]
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Professor xXx wrote:
I’ve learned full range of movement makes mine respond best. I do weighted toe raises and make sure to give them a really good stretch.
i think when training calves you must remember to aggressively stretch after the workout. i never really got growth and lost a ton of ROM in my ankles when i trained calves and didnt stretch. my magical ingredient was a solid 5-8 minutes of max calf stretching after every calf workout.
