Skinny A** Calves

swangswang · 09-29-2006, 12:10 PM

What are the best exercises for calves? FOr the past 3 months I take one day of the week to do 4 sets 12 donkey calve raises, 4 sets of 12 sitting calve raises, and 4 sets of 12 standing calve raises and my calves have not grown at all, my calves get more sore than any other body part but they still wont grow.. The only thing noticable is that they are harder and more defined.

**Pitbull954** · 09-29-2006, 01:03 PM

Genetics

.................. If you prove me wrong please let me know 1 day

**stxnas** · 09-29-2006, 01:37 PM

LOL...My calves suck so I'm not going to give any advice...

...this topic is all over the board...you'll get a different response from each person that you ask. This is one of the world's greatest mysteries, "How do I make my calves grow?"

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**jminis** · 09-29-2006, 02:21 PM

Well if what your doing isn't working change it up. Try to calf raises for 60-90 sec straight. This theory is bases around the calves consisting of slow twitch muscle fibers.

Pimp C · 09-29-2006, 03:03 PM

I use to have skinny calves. What worked best for me was started off my leg day walking up on my toes on the treadmill while changing the incline periodically for about ten minutes. the burn is excruciating. i also concentrate on get a full range of motion when doing standing and seated calf raises. another good exercise is to do toe raises which work the front of your leg along your shins.

CSK · 09-30-2006, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jminis

Well if what your doing isn't working change it up. Try to calf raises for 60-90 sec straight. This theory is bases around the calves consisting of slow twitch muscle fibers.

Do you have a link or anymore information about this theory? Would this then also apply to forearms?

**Beelzebub** · 09-30-2006, 10:29 AM

i donated my calves to science. when they find a cure, they'll give them back.

giddyup · 09-30-2006, 10:41 AM

One thing that helped my calves to grow was increasing the frequency in which I trained them. Calves and forearems recover relatively fast so that allows for them to be trained more often. This is all in my humble opinion.

Gumbo · 10-02-2006, 09:40 AM

Try shaking up your calf workouts....Every other calf workout, I pick a weight I can use for 15 reps and blast out 75+ reps taking short 5-10 second breaks when failure occurs. This takes a couple minutes to complete, but absolutely fries my calves.

Or, do very slow and deliberate reps. Try supersets....etc, etc.

The key is to always do something different. My poor-ass calves have actually shown steady growth since I started changing things up (not tremendous growth, but they ARE growing).

Gumbo

swangswang · 10-02-2006, 11:02 AM

Yeah Man I am going to start doing much more reps and still keep up a high weight. I am also going to be working my calves more frequently and start doing cardio (I havent done cardio in a long ass time). Thanks for all the tips guys.

**jminis** · 10-02-2006, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CSK

Do you have a link or anymore information about this theory? Would this then also apply to forearms?

I don't actually, I read an article a while ago. The guy who the article was about was training some guys and even advocated doing 10 minute sets. To me that is a world of pain I'm not willing to venture too.

**Beelzebub** · 10-02-2006, 04:37 PM

i've used 90-120 second sets for a period of 2-3 months. initially, size went up about 1/4" during the first month, then eventually went back to where it was previously. cocktease.

**Ziricote** · 10-02-2006, 04:46 PM

I think you have to think of calves like girls, treat 'em mean-keep 'em keen. In short, give them hell.

max-rot98 · 10-05-2006, 01:39 PM

I am going to go with genetics. One of my best bodyparts are my calves and have tried alot of different routines and every single one worked. I have had numerous people try those routines with nothing. Calves are a curse to most people.

Any muscle can improve just change it up and like said before give them hell.

My opinion on calf training
- absolute maximum full range of motion
- start light and end heavy
- make them burn like hell, the more they burn the more they grow for me (although they never get sore)
-I also only do eight sets (4 seated reps start at 20 end at 10...4 standing reps start at 12 end at 6)
-keep switching it up

Best of luck to you. My routine probably isn't the best though as calves grow easily for me like i said. The bodyparts I am working on is chest and hamstrings and listening to someone's routine with a gigantic chest or huge hamstrings doesn't always work because for some of those people anything works and I have to figure out what specifically works for mine.

swangswang · 10-05-2006, 02:50 PM

haha f@ck my genetics in the calve department. I do love what god gave me for a chest. I work out my chest out only 1ce every 8 days and it seems to keep growing and growing. I think my chest is bigger than my girls haha

jonesboy · 10-11-2006, 08:59 AM

Damn was hoping for enlightenment to shine down on me and show me the golden rule for growing calves...I guess i will continue trying heavy weight, frequency and progressive load... I am making progress just slower than any other body part...

MisterEZE · 10-15-2006, 11:18 PM

Everyone seems to have the Johnny Drama complex (myself included). I can't get my calves to grow at all. They just get harder and ball up higher. I recently started working them more times per week, but am truly not expecting huge results.

bigpetefox · 10-15-2006, 11:35 PM

If you have high calves (like moi) seated calf raises are best to thicken the soleus muscle..

I do calves twice per/wk, first day I do high reps with bodyweight, second I do DC-style 5second lift 10sec. stretch.. Since then, I've got my calves up to and still 17", with alittle help from a peptide..