I was doing 135kgx20reps on the seated calf raise machine, my gym has a very simple front plate loaded one like the one in the pic and it made a very not good creaking sound that I could hear even through my earphones. Could I be in any danger if the supporting beam snaps off? If so how am I supposed to do my calf raises? They have a smith machine but they only have plastic boxes that I'm not sure would be able to handle both my weight and the weight I'm calf raising.
Sit on a bench and put a dumbbell on top of your knee.
dumbbells not heavy enough
Leg press machine.
And show us your calves.
I'm not ever getting into that fricking deathtrap, my calves don't look very impressive since I'm just some fat dude.
>fat dude
>calves don't look very impressive
Lol, lmao even, how? being fat automatically gives you big calves, what's your weight & height
6' 330lbs, started from 345. My calves are really big they just don't have much definition, if I flex it you can kind of see a massive ball of muscle there but it won't show on my shitty phone camera.
training calves serves 0 purpose for you. Youre already training them daily just by walking. Lose fat you fricking moron.
I am doing that, on my current diet I'm losing 2lbs a week which is already extreme apparently.
>they just don't have much definition
that's because you're fat as shit moron, you have already built your calves through gluttony, there is literally no reason for you to train them
I'm aware that they don't have definition because I am obese. I also don't have a reason to not train calves, it takes like 5 minutes out of my day.
I'm fat with godly calves & you should focus more on your feet & ankles if you're intent on doing calf-stuff.
Stand on one foot for 60 seconds x3
Add a squishy foam pad to stand on if that's already too easy.
But for real, isn't there somewhere that 5 minutes can go? Abductors, adductors, glutes...give em some extra attention to help your other lifts.
I don't know, my achilles tendon is absolutely massive already, so maybe I could isolate quads instead of calves? I already isolate pretty much every other body part and also do compounds on top of that.
ok you didn't answer to that actual solution so frick off you fat frick, you'll only get fatter
would standing on one leg for a minute x3 train my glutes or abductors? I'm not sure how I would isolate just the glutes or abductors, I've always just assumed that I have those covered by doing compound lifts
Balancing on 1 foot will strengthen your ankle, illiterate monke.
How'd you become so fat if everything is already so well built and balanced? Main lifts aren't already hitting quads? You're suddenly spending hours a day in the gym working each and every muscle?
You're baiting us, right? Nothing better to do.
Do 200 reps
for seated calf raises i usually load up 235 on a barbell and put it on my knees as I sit on a bench. i have these pads i put between the knees and barbell for cushion. wish i had calf machines in the homegym, but thats improbable given my budget and space.
Now that I think about it, couldn't I just load up a barbell, place the safeties at neck height on the power rack, put a thick plate under my legs and do calf raises that way?
yea you could do that too. i use this 3" wooden platform to elevate my toes for standing calf raises while having a barbell on my traps. i tried using a 45 plate for elevation but it just felt awkward to try and stand on it, too circular.
do it like this
They're nothing doing it right tho, they aren't doing the full ROM, but that's how you do it in a cable machine.
I don't think any cable machine will have enough weight tho, do it one leg at a time and you'll be ok
Calf raises fricking suck.
Full body cheat curls are a better calf exercise. Clean pulls are probably the best exercise you can do for building calf strength.
Also sprinting and plyo work is important.
Calf raises are for low T homosexuals.
Maybe you should do a lower weight and use better form. Actually pause at the bottom for a full second instead of bouncing up, do 3-second eccentrics, pause and squeeze at the top, etc. Doing reps this way will be harder, which will allow you to get a better stimulus without breaking the machine.