Do you train these assholes? How?
>>77505035Regular walks.
>>77505035>these assholesthose are calves, actually
>>77505035nah
>>77505035Calf extension machine/Calf presses on the leg press, or the GOAT, the standing Calf raise. You have yo do a full rang of motion, nice deep stretch, and a full contraction, slow and controlled the whole time, with a pause in the full stretch. A lot of people don't do the full depth, and drop down fast to let the stretch reflex bounce them back up I'll measure my calfskin later but they are probably 19-20".
>>77505035bodyweight calf raises with sets of 100 repsif that gets too easy switch to single leg and try to make it to 100
>>77505035Get fat and walk it off
>>77505119In all honesty and unironically, this seems to be the only way. Fat guys who lose weight have giant calves but guys who have been thin their whole lives can never seem to train calves to an impressive size no matter how hard they try.
>>77505035By running with an exaggerated forefoot strike.
>>77505035Calves grow best when they are perma-strained due to cramps.Fat people often have big calves due to dysfunction that is causing some some of the hip muscles to be overtaxed which tends to stiffen other ones up. Once your hips muscles, glutes and some leg muscles are not really functioning well anymore your calves, alongside the knees, will take a thorough beating... have "fun" watching them grow.
Forget them, they're not worth it. If you had the genetics for muscular calves you'd already have them
>>77505035Skateboard
>>77505441Least correct (most wrong) answer I have ever seen on /fit/ and that is really saying something.
>>77505035Yes, every single time I go to the gym. I have shitty ass high calve insertions and they're weak as well because I've been a skinny faggot most of my life. So now I train them obsessively. They now look completely average which I guess is good progress, but I wish they would look good instead.
20"+ calves without being a lardass or short. lots of uphill speed walking until failure. weighted calf raises, tensing hard at the top of the rep for 3-4 seconds before a slow descent, should feel muscle tightness from your heel to the back of your knee. 4-5 sets of 20-30 reps. you'll feel deep burning pain long before failure, ignore and go to failure
>>77505035no, i recently stopped. the standing calf raise machine at my gym is plate loaded, and frankly, just got tired of loading/unloading it with six 45s and change at the end of my leg day for no visible improvement
What do synthol calves look like?
they get bigger only if you gain weight
>>77505035walk 20 miles a day while carrying 90lbs of stuff. eat 4500 calories.
>>77505035Seated calf raises
I use the standing/seated calf press machines on lighter days.
>>77505035Very frequently they recover like every somewhere between 24-48 hours so they're good to go every other day.
>>77505492>six 45sYou're not stretching and pausing at the bottom.
>>77505035I run 20 miles a week on hills. I figure that's enough because I'm leanpilled
>>77505035Be Asian, be 200+lbs. Or do rucking
>>775050351 hour a day (+ patience)all those meme isolations are wasting your timepicrel is how you overload calves into realistic growth as a nattyunlike running, can actually be done daily without grinding your knees into dustplus you get massive z2/z3 gains
>>77505035I’ve been a skinnyfag my whole life and my calves are pathetically tiny. Despite the fact that I spam standing calf raises twice per week, they barely grow. When I wear shorts people still ask me if I skip leg day when I train legs 2x per weeks. Calf muscles are genetic hell. Feelsbadman.
>>77505035Jump rope
>>77506855i don't care
>>77505035Alternating standing and seated calf raises. 12 sets per week of 15-20.
>>77505035running
>>77505441Skateboarding is for faggots.
>>77505441Unironically, the motion of the pop and the way you stabilize yourself on the board is all that. Skaters are either light as fuck or have big ass calves for a reason, you have to be unbelievably agile and athletic to perform even the most normal stairset or hand rail which is peak skating and the only kind I give a fuck about circa my nigga terry kennedy in baker 3
>>77507122Calf raises are cucks favorite lesson "get on your tippy toes wyteboi" try goated RDL movement instead (u are a fag)
the cheatcode is being fat for 25 years then losing all the weight
>>77507697>Calf raises are cucks favorite lesson "get on your tippy toes wyteboi" try goated RDL movement instead (u are a fag)yeah but not rdl - that's retarded - heeps must be backwards and weigth must be AWAY from body , obviously it will be MUCH less weight, like order of magnitude less, and feet parallel, i would actually aim for internal rotation here
>>77508227>heepships xD>>77508227>yeah but not rdl - that's retarded - hips must be backwards and weigth must be AWAY from body , obviously it will be MUCH less weight, like order of magnitude less, and feet parallel, i would actually aim for internal rotation herelike imagine u're lazy and want to pick sth up with least effort possible
>>77507122just run/bike/ski faggot, there is a reason cardio athletes have bigger calves than weightlifters
Inclined treadmill. The higher the better.
>>77508231>run/bike/ski faggotWALK >>77508284>>77506950>Inclined treadmill.ON FLAT IN PACE, UPRIGHT but that's go some potential, felt em, just need to clarify, codify, name the stimuly, don't think it's fully fleshed yet >>77508229>>yeah but not rdl - that's retarded - hips must be backwards and weigth must be AWAY from body , obviously it will be MUCH less weight, like order of magnitude less, and feet parallel, i would actually aim for internal rotation here>like imagine u're lazy and want to pick sth up with least effort possiblegastrocnemius BENDS THE KNEE, when weight is way in front of you it prevents knee extension it als BENDS THE KNEE in upright paced walk propelling you forward pictured is mafnus miboe, climbers heelhook which is BENDING THE KNEE anf hanging off your foot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04k0VPITyzghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKV_sD_AyQ and that's why some climbers have really nice calves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDEX7kfEYHcWALK, WITH PURPUSE, AT LEAST HALF AN HOR A WEEK CUMULATIVELY - that is ALL you need for calves
>>77508227>>77508229>>77508470
>>77505042This and martial arts as well. I'm trying to get back into shape so I can start kicking properly again
Ruck uphill
calves are 100% genetic. if they suck now, they will always suck.
>>77505035i'm a tranny and i have juicy calversnever had a bmi over 25, was underweight skinny male for yearsdon't even train them and i can just mog anyonei love to judge moids who pull up to the gym in shortsno one has better calvers than megod can really be cruel sometimes
>>77507442I know.
>>77508480well i tried your suggestion:>>77507697>Calf raises are cucks favorite lesson "get on your tippy toes wyteboi" try goated RDL movement instead (u are a fag)again bitch bot gpt cause i >>77508470KNEW you weren't joking, i know you so well bot ... and of course i felt em in similar movement :D like lazy lifting bout 15 kilos of weight with straight legs away from body sorta overhanging over iti had to do it for 7+ tons of material over 2 days - had lots and lots of time to ponder intricacies of what it is that i am doing xD xD, then i had to raise it to head level so i had to stand up straight - that's where i felt glute max but thats another story, it loads biceps femoris as well so i tried it again with 20 kilos - it's a gorgeous movement for calves - hips forward, knees almost straight, internal hip rotation, halfway got upwards - like don't hand all the way there, don't let go of shoulders as well, and slowly sway weight side to side, it's a fucking firecracker for GASTROCNEMIUS >>77508470>gastrocnemius BENDS THE KNEE, when weight is way in front of you it prevents knee extension>it also BENDS THE KNEE in upright paced walk propelling you forward>pictured is magnus miboe, climbers heelhook which is BENDING THE KNEE and hanging off your foot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04k0VPITyzg [Embed]>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKV_sD_AyQ [Embed]>and that's why some climbers have really nice calves>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDEX7kfEYHc [Embed]>WALK, WITH PURPUSE, AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR A WEEK CUMULATIVELY - that is ALL you need for calvesbut if u want MOAR and i do and so should you this RDL done completely "wrong" is absolutely SPECTACULAR :D i will still walk, on flat, in pace - it's great as well >>77508632>calves are 100% genetic. if they suck now, they will always suck.bullshit, it's in the way one WALKS, unless nigger of course then they will be fugly, but can still grow i assure you :D i did it to mine
>>77509200>>>77508632>>calves are 100% genetic. if they suck now, they will always suck.>bullshit, it's in the way one WALKS, unless nigger of course then they will be fugly, but can still grow i assure you :D i did it to minethere is NO SUCH THING as hard to grow muscle, everything CAN be grown to full potential IF u find the CORRECT stimuly: >>77509200>so i tried it again with 20 kilos - it's a gorgeous movement for calves - hips forward, knees almost straight, internal hip rotation, halfway got upwards - like don't hang all the way there, don't let go of shoulders as well, and slowly sway weight side to side, it's a fucking firecracker for GASTROCNEMIUSi can feel em warm right now, did maybe 40 seconds of it xD xD
>>77508470>WALKEveryone who's not sedentary already does that, you utter subhuman.
>>77510458>Everyone who's not sedentary already does that, you utter subhuman.shuffling youf feet is not >>77508470>ON FLAT IN PACE, UPRIGHT>WALKbitch bot gpt >>77509215>>>>77508632>>>calves are 100% genetic. if they suck now, they will always suck.>>bullshit, it's in the way one WALKS, unless nigger of course then they will be fugly, but can still grow i assure you :D i did it to mine>there is NO SUCH THING as hard to grow muscle, everything CAN be grown to full potential IF u find the CORRECT stimuly:>>>77509200>>so i tried it again with 20 kilos - it's a gorgeous movement for calves - hips forward, knees almost straight, internal hip rotation, halfway got upwards - like don't hang all the way there, don't let go of shoulders as well, and slowly sway weight side to side, it's a fucking firecracker for GASTROCNEMIUS>i can feel em warm right now, did maybe 40 seconds of it xD xD
>>77505035Test
>>77510510>shuffling youf feetYou think you're doing something special just because you're not walking like a geriatric or a hamplanet? What a bar you're setting for yourself lmao.
>>77510514stop normalizing this retard
>>77510519I'm not normalizing anything, retard. Walking is normal.
>>77510520maybe normalizing was the wrong worddon't engage with the bot
>>77510514>>77510512>>77510519>>77510520>You think you're doing something special just because you're not walking like a geriatric or a hamplanet? What a bar you're setting for yourself lmao.why yes bitch bot gpt :D and your blistering response is that much of a confirmation :D pelvis forward, chin tucked, and pelvis rocks side to side but more importantly front to back with each step, spine sways and twists accordingly in concert
>>77505042only if your gait is biomechanically sound. it's like good posture, most people dont have it.
Sprints
>>77505035I jump rope and run forefoot, I guess that counts maybe.
>>77511066>I jump rope and run forefoot, I guess that counts maybe.no it doesn't>>77510536>pelvis forward, chin tucked, and pelvis rocks side to side but more importantly front to back with each step, spine sways and twists accordingly in concert>>77508470>WALK>ON FLAT IN PACE, UPRIGHT>>77509215>>so i tried it again with 20 kilos - it's a gorgeous movement for calves - hips forward, knees almost straight, internal hip rotation, halfway got upwards - like don't hang all the way there, don't let go of shoulders as well, and slowly sway weight side to side, it's a fucking firecracker for GASTROCNEMIUSthat's fucking great as well :D pictured - PERFECT WALKING GAIT
>>77510935>only if your gait is biomechanically sound. it's like good posture, most people dont have it.BINGO bot bitch gpt - that's exactly what i have been saying all this time :D yes it's of utmost importance to learn to properly WALK and do it :D >>77512112>>I jump rope and run forefoot, I guess that counts maybe.>no it doesn't>>>77510536>>pelvis forward, chin tucked, and pelvis rocks side to side but more importantly front to back with each step, spine sways and twists accordingly in concert>>>77508470>>WALK>>ON FLAT IN PACE, UPRIGHT>>>77509215>>>so i tried it again with 20 kilos - it's a gorgeous movement for calves - hips forward, knees almost straight, internal hip rotation, halfway got upwards - like don't hang all the way there, don't let go of shoulders as well, and slowly sway weight side to side, it's a fucking firecracker for GASTROCNEMIUS>that's fucking great as well :D>pictured - PERFECT WALKING GAIT
>>77506950Training and hour every day just to get bigger calves kek you guys are sick. There's more to life
>>77513854>Training and hour every day just to get bigger calves kek you guys are sick. There's more to lifei did a minute of this and i still feel em a tad :D >>77512117>>>>so i tried it again with 20 kilos - it's a gorgeous movement for calves - hips forward, knees almost straight, internal hip rotation, halfway got upwards - like don't hang all the way there, don't let go of shoulders as well, and slowly sway weight side to side, it's a fucking firecracker for GASTROCNEMIUS>>that's fucking great as well :D>>pictured - PERFECT WALKING GAIT>>77512438
>>77513868
i built my calves with running and running only. skinny btw.
Pic related. Not sure if it is doing anything at this point. Good pump and I annoy the roiders for some reason. Last workout I did 868 lbs x 22 reps.
>>77510935>>77505042Zero-drop shoes are the key to this. I just got a pair and my calves are burning from a few walks. Better posture comes naturally with them. Before I slightly hurt my back trying to force good posture.
>>77505035Going down stairs carrying weights. >>77506809This, but on the edge of a platform while holding pl8s and making sure you do a slow and full ROM.
>>77507641Yes I agree, Tim Pool is most definitely a faget
I train calves ancillary probably 4x a week. Heavy on leg day for two movements whether it be heavy raises on a leg press machine plus standing calf raises or seated. I'll also heavy farmer carry and pop the calves on my tip toes each step. I've been blessed with decent calf genetics and they've been my best looking aesthetic for years.
>>77508480Fraid so
