home gym gang how do you work these?
The beginner programs I am using left them out but I don't see how they will get worked so I've started just loading up my barbell on shoulders then doing tip toes up and down.
Right now with all my plates I can do like 20 reps.
Should I be shooting for ~8 reps with more weight and like 5 sets?
I've been doing it almost every day since calves seem to recover ez but maybe im overoworking them.
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I have a machine similar to a smith, so I do calf raises like that.
However, you could do calf raises on a step/ledge with a slow eccentric.
Then go on to hold db's or a barbell somehow(on back, zerchers maybe,etc).
Key I found is doing them with a full stretch and to failure. Keep it under 30 reps and go hard.
okay thanks
what weight do you do?
Calf raise your car
I dont lift, endurancegay here
But
Why doesnt anyone ever advocate doing calf raises single footed?
Stand up against a wall with arm outstretched above head to help with the balance but u feel it good.
Thats plenty to grow the calves, and isolation when you do it too
Ok, carry on.
>Why doesnt anyone ever advocate doing calf raises single footed?
It's a brainlet take on improving resistance
High-rep calf raises have helped me grow my calves significantly.
Going slow and really focusing on the muscle group you are working with sets of 15+ reps.
What this anon said. I do calf raises 3x a week, once with a barbell on my back, once with a different barbell position (sometimes holding it, sometimes in front rack, sometimes in zercher rack) and once unilaterally (1 leg at a time) with a deficit (front of foot on plate).
Do high weight, high reps until you rep out from the burn. Calves are always slow twitch and need heaps of volume, so 3-4 sets of 15+ reps should have you covered.
It's a good idea to chuck them in a superset after leg exercises (squats, front squats, lunges, good mornings etc.)
Buy a mountain bike and don't live in the Netherlands. ez calfgains
Hiking in hilly/mountainous regions, if close enough, is great cardio and leg work
Nah high rep works amazing for calves. Keep doing exactly what you’re doing
Bro calves are the one thing you should be going full convict on, just do them all the time, you can do them while doing practically any standing activity, even taking a piss
Do one-legged calf raises if they're too easy
Help my calves are sore how do I walk again
By walking anyways. Calves are like biceps of the leg, they recover fast, you certainly don't wanna hit them heavy again while they still hurt but by not being a b***h when they hurt and still doing daily tasks they blow up.
cluster sets bro
I crafted this to stand on it and grab the bar from the safeties.
I need to improve my balancing but i say it works.
>repurposed the kids' playroom tiles as a gym mat
Are you me bro?
I just bought them off of ebay because i needed some cushion for a fair price (instead of gym/smelly horse mats) and thought that would be unique and lulz. I like it.
Get the biggest (in width) timber beam you can get, I use a 8x4 and you use it as a ledge, doesn't have to be terribly long just long enough to easily get one foot on with room to spare, for standing balance yourself with a freehand on a rack, for seated, well, you're seated. When standing hold dumbbell in hand for side you're working, for seated place dumbbells on kneecap, if you have knee problems and the seated variant is rough on your knees use a pillow.
Ezpz.
stand on books
reading is for gays anyway
I don’t directly train calf’s but all of my good mornings and heavy dead’s have given me wider calf’s than my quads.
Homegym owner here
I stopped doing barbell calf raises because I was afraid of balancing my toes on a plate with 200+ lb on my fricking neck.
On multiple occasions I lost balance.
Since then, I just sit on my bench, put a plate under my toes, and the weight goes on my lap.