strattkat’s BodyBlog

   This may help anyone w/ feet shaped like mine.  My feet are very long and flat, so I never used my Calves, especially Gastro’s, when walking/running, etc, and my toes sort of sit on top of my foot, so I have to concentrate on actually using them when walking around.

  Recently, I have done a lot of calf training on the Sitting Calf Raises machine.  Instead of doing normal reps, I am clenching and holding at the top of every rep for 5-10 seconds.  This has caused muscle soreness like I’ve never had b/f in my calves!!! (which is good, of course)

  Finally (finallyfinallyfinally) I am putting some meat on my calves!!!!!!  They are sore for several days afterward, so I’ve been training them only about 2x a week.  But it’s working!!!!!!

  Also, when lifting here, I focus on sort of curling my toes down and making them a single "unit" with the balls of my feet.  This has added a lot of power to the lift, and I now try to concentrate on this when walking, running, etc.

  Anyone reading this, feel free to make these little tweaks to your calf training, and let me know how it goes!