I found going on walks/up hills helps get the blood in there and fixes the doms.
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>fricks up your back
How else am I supposed to train calves?
>fricks up your back
Telling me you are a glassback without saying it.
Also, I know some of you can't figure out how to do isolations, but the key is to pump it!(yeah ya)
You aren't supposed to put 500lbs on it and do singles.
I use free weights for standing calf raises, disphit. Not that the machine is actually going to damage your back unless (you) are the spinelet who can't carry any weight on his shoulders without getting an ouchy back lmao
The point is seated calf raises do not work the whole calf effectively and (you) are a turbo moron who doesn't understand anatomy if you think they are a good substitute.
same. just on the stack version of the machine since the loads don't have to be as heavy. bonus point for being able to place toes on the edge so that heel than go beyond 90 degrees for maximum ROM and stretch.
i've never trained calves directly
my warmup is walking on a treadmill on an incline
i always max out the incline, to the point where my calves are burning and i can barely complete the 10 minute walk i do.
my calves are fine. nothing to write home about, but proportional to my body.
Your back is weak. Lower the weight or focus on strengthening it first.
Back injury is THE gains goblin, do not frick around because you WILL find out.
Like your glutes, calves can take a major beating for hours on end.
I started getting gains on them only after I got standing calf raises to 3x15x140kg. Obviously, I'm a strength freak but you should bring your calves to the breaking point.
Most people just don't know how hard you can train those MFS
Your back is weak. Lower the weight or focus on strengthening it first.
Back injury is THE gains goblin, do not frick around because you WILL find out.
Like your glutes, calves can take a major beating for hours on end.
I started getting gains on them only after I got standing calf raises to 3x15x140kg. Obviously, I'm a strength freak but you should bring your calves to the breaking point.
Most people just don't know how hard you can train those MFS
I like to raise as explosively as possible (because I sprint and play basketball, so it helps there) and go down within 3 seconds.
When I reach failure I like to cheat a little bit and drop my knees down a little, so I reach the end of the raise I straighten them and get a few more reps.
Drop sets I revert the process to simulate me falling down from a jump. Raise slow, drop fast, no wait.
You get significantly less gastrocnemius activation when seated because it passes through the knee joint, and any muscle that starts bent about a joint cannot forcefully contract.
Power cleans and hill sprints.
And all other related exercises and runs.
You like high pulls or snatches? Great, do that.
Cross country hill runs? Sprints on flat ground? Will work too.
Literally just hold dumbbells or a barbell and extend your foot into tiptoe while standing up. You can do each one individually if you want to get more stabilizer work. I also kind of feel this in my hamstring a little for some reason
>How else am I supposed to train calves?
you don't need a machine sweaty
do bodyweight calf raises. when that's too easy to one leg bodyweight calf raises. when that's too easy do one leg with a weight in one hand.
This shit gives me DOMS for an entire week.
That means its working. Need to do it at least once a week to stop the DOMS though
I found going on walks/up hills helps get the blood in there and fixes the doms.
>fricks up your back
Telling me you are a glassback without saying it.
Also, I know some of you can't figure out how to do isolations, but the key is to pump it!(yeah ya)
You aren't supposed to put 500lbs on it and do singles.
Why would it frick up your back, you homo? Straighten your posture when you do them. Activate that scapula.
use the seated calf raise, also why does this frick up your back?
>seated calf raise
enjoy being a gastroclet
Enjoy your fricked up back spinelet lmao
I use free weights for standing calf raises, disphit. Not that the machine is actually going to damage your back unless (you) are the spinelet who can't carry any weight on his shoulders without getting an ouchy back lmao
The point is seated calf raises do not work the whole calf effectively and (you) are a turbo moron who doesn't understand anatomy if you think they are a good substitute.
I like to do them on the leg press. Why not?
same. just on the stack version of the machine since the loads don't have to be as heavy. bonus point for being able to place toes on the edge so that heel than go beyond 90 degrees for maximum ROM and stretch.
become a fat ass for a few years and walk around a lot
nice
i've never trained calves directly
my warmup is walking on a treadmill on an incline
i always max out the incline, to the point where my calves are burning and i can barely complete the 10 minute walk i do.
my calves are fine. nothing to write home about, but proportional to my body.
You can barely walk 10 mins on max incline? How fat are you?
Your back is weak. Lower the weight or focus on strengthening it first.
Back injury is THE gains goblin, do not frick around because you WILL find out.
Like your glutes, calves can take a major beating for hours on end.
I started getting gains on them only after I got standing calf raises to 3x15x140kg. Obviously, I'm a strength freak but you should bring your calves to the breaking point.
Most people just don't know how hard you can train those MFS
Focus is on the wrong calf muscle
What's your cadence? Something like 4-1-3?
I like to raise as explosively as possible (because I sprint and play basketball, so it helps there) and go down within 3 seconds.
When I reach failure I like to cheat a little bit and drop my knees down a little, so I reach the end of the raise I straighten them and get a few more reps.
Drop sets I revert the process to simulate me falling down from a jump. Raise slow, drop fast, no wait.
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why is everyone here so fricking moronic
You get significantly less gastrocnemius activation when seated because it passes through the knee joint, and any muscle that starts bent about a joint cannot forcefully contract.
Seated calf raises are a soleus isolation.
>fricks up your back
Power cleans and hill sprints.
And all other related exercises and runs.
You like high pulls or snatches? Great, do that.
Cross country hill runs? Sprints on flat ground? Will work too.
high pulls grow your calves?
Literally just hold dumbbells or a barbell and extend your foot into tiptoe while standing up. You can do each one individually if you want to get more stabilizer work. I also kind of feel this in my hamstring a little for some reason
Develop grip strength, hold the weights in your hand. Don't be a pussy.
Why would you use this machine? Just do calf raises with a barbell on your back
Leg press
how the frick does that frick up your back, you asain or some shit?
>fricks up your back
do you have autism?
Use the seated machines
Fricking moron that’s an OHP machine.
just do that same exercise but without weights on your shoulders, just do a lot of reps, like 1-200
Cheeseburgers to failure. Literally just be fat and walk around.
>How else am I supposed to train calves?
you don't need a machine sweaty
do bodyweight calf raises. when that's too easy to one leg bodyweight calf raises. when that's too easy do one leg with a weight in one hand.
I see this mannequin always being used for exercises, how do you make pics with him?
>zoomer thinks everything is an AI prompt
Learn to edit
This is what I hate abut AI art. Idgaf about the money its the fact that so many people are cheering on the death of craft, skill and imagination.
Leg press machine
cut weight in half and train each leg separately, 2x less strain on your back.
Is it that difficult to think for a minute?