Whats with the freakin calves????
Im doing a full 380 on the donkey calf raises, then going straight to the calf slide and burning them out at 220. Im telling you………these buggers are stubborn. I have them cut up on the sides, but CANNOT get them to round out!! They are not bad looking, just not as pronounced as I would like!!! Im still doing them 3 times a week or more. My thinking is that like the cyclists (that you cannot drive around on a back road).well they have sweet calves, yet they work them all the time. I don’t think you can overwork them really.
I supersetted calves with some forearms. Raises in front with the ez bar , then behind the back. I’m going to graduate to the 50lb barbell next week though. I like to do a few sets of wrist curls on the bench too. Forearms are one bodypart that seems to get as hard as a rock when you work them. yep, I am soooooo addicted to that.
I added in some barbell curls and some machine curls as well. My tendons below my left bi is a little sore though, so I stayed light at 40 lbs. I think tomorrow night is going to be all shoulders. This is usually my night off as Mondays are and I didnt take that off either. I don’t feel like taking a day off and am not getting too tired from training alot. I will know when I need a break I suppose. I have a shoot with the guy who did my snake pic on Sunday, so I may take that day off. I gotta go get my "girl on" and get some fake nails and stuff. That stuff is time consuming. That show is in about 7 weeks and I think I am just going to go ahead and do it. No deplete or anything, just get a nice tan and throw on a suit. Im not going to bust balls only to find I am not at all what they are looking for. I do want to try it because its an OCB and that will give me some insight on the organization and what they want at their shows.then pass on the info to anyone who wants to give them a try.
Talk to ya later.
July 31, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Calves? Only two people I have ever seen truly blow my mind when it comes to calves: Tom Platz and Branch Warren. Two. Hah! When I do my calves I think my eyeballs are gonna come out of my sockets. I’m up to 310 (250 max plus a 60 pound dumbell) on my universal when I do calves raises. And I have to use power hook grips cause I can’t hold the bar for 25 reps without them: my grip gives out before my calves do. I can’t imagine what I would do on a machine. Yet my freakin calves don’t grow! Ahhhhh!!! So join the club! heehee
paddy
August 1, 2008 at 7:42 am
Have you ever read Arnold’s Bodybuilding Encyclopedia? He talks about training his stubborn calves, having to use a full weight stack and a body builder standing on top to get results. It’s crazy. And if you have "high" calves even when they get huge they still don’t look full.
August 1, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Try using a smith machine with the bar glides. Place it on your shoulders like a squat but only do calf raises. I do 40 at 180 lbs. 30 at 270. 20 at 360. Last 10 at 450 lbs.
August 1, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Second note. It depends a lot on what type of legs you have. High small calves would be a linebacker in football. Medium calves would go for wide receiver. Long calf with extend down whole leg are running backs. If you have the small or medium calves don’t expect them to grow like you want. Your body wasn’t fully designed for it. Be happy with what you have!
August 2, 2008 at 10:19 am
Hey Fern. Are you doing mostly straight legged exercises for the calfs? If you want to round them out and build more mass you have to work the soleus too…its the muscle underneath the two calf heads (gastrocnemius) and it is isolated when the knee is fully bent such as with seated calf raises. I superset between standing and seated…so far so good. Hope that helps!
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