How do I get bigger calves?

Just keep doing calf raises over and over? Should I strap a plate to my chest and go hiking to simulate being fat?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    run homie

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      How come blacks have the weakest calves then?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They have longer legs while whites are more stocky and can bulk well

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Blacks who trace their ancestry back to Kenya and surrounding regions have high ankles and a long achilles tendon. The achilles acts as a spring and shock absorber when we run; hence, they are incredible long-distance runners. If you have similar lower legs (high ankles), weighted calf raises do basically nothing. You're better off sprinting up hill and performing power movements that hit the entire posterior chain, such as high pulls and power cleans.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Heel striking.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    gomad

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    sprint c**t

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    remember you need absurd volume on calves to make progress. also do stairmaster, with weights or weighted vest if you can swing it

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Go out for a hike with lots of uphill and downhill motion, and do that hike regularly.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    skipping and donkey raises

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I gotchu OP
    >6'0, 160lbs
    >dyel skinny but "athletic" body
    >calves are nearly as big as my quads kek

    I used to run 4 miles a day from school to home. Now I skip rope 3 times a week at muay thai, 2 or 3 rounds of 3 minutes of skipping, making sure to keep constant tension in the calves. I also work in an Amazon warehouse 4 days a week, where I am essentially standing and walking for 10 hours a day. I probably walk between roughly 5-10 miles on days that I work.

    tldr, running, skipping rope, lots of walking. I dont do any sort of weighted calf work regularly

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >just work in a warehouse for 10 hrs per day bro

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I mean 10 hours is definitely overkill, main point was that just walking can have pretty big benefits for calf size.

        But you just want to be autistic, its ok anon

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Hiking/trail running.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Just keep doing calf raises over and over?
    No
    >Should I strap a plate to my chest and go hiking to simulate being fat?

    Yes. You can get a 50lb weighted vest and that'll be way more comfortable. Stairmill or uphill treadmill for 30 minutes+

    Calves don't hypertrophy like other muscles

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    totally genetic
    but you should probably do a mix of heavy reps and high rep work
    I used to walk incline with dumbells for 5-10 mins and do a few reps of that since some people think calves need higher reps.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Jumprope. Do it for an hour a day for a few months and you'll keep the results for years

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Skipping or jog up hills

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      How do you skip uphill? This sounds amazing.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Skipping is a momentum exercise, you don't (or not for long, anyway - you can still do it until you're at a standstill).
        It's also a very based way to travel downhill.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    run uphills

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      sprint*

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    anecdotal but for me it was cycling. hill climbs in low gear did wonders for my lower body.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just be fat gg ez

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If you wanna get big calves without running either because you live under your mom's basement or you're simply moronic, then you can do this

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    super big calves are ugly
    what you get from heavy squats is enough

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    1. Be a manlet
    2. Done

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