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Posted by: pengers84

should your legs be dead straight when doing calf raises or a slight bend?

Posted by: lnvanry

if your going heavy...you should never lock your knees.

You shouldn't ever lock you joints when lifting, but we all do sometimes.

slightly bent is the way to go.

Posted by: JordanMang

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Originally Posted by pengers84

should your legs be dead straight when doing calf raises or a slight bend?

Depends, standing calf raises or leg-press calf raises?

Posted by: pengers84

Standing and leg press. Is there a difference?

Ive always used a slight bend, but i just realised my legs are flexing at the knee a bit instead of staying slghtly flexed (as in a slight squatting movement). I guess it's just something i need to focus on.

Posted by: JordanMang

I don't bother with standing raises. For me it seems like a waste of time because I'm not using anything but body weight and I'm moving through the air and not pushing weight. On leg presses I bend at the knee slightly.

Posted by: Spud

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Originally Posted by JordanMang

I don't bother with standing raises. For me it seems like a waste of time because I'm not using anything but body weight and I'm moving through the air and not pushing weight. On leg presses I bend at the knee slightly.

There are standing calf raise machines that load additional weight through your traps

Posted by: JordanMang

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Originally Posted by Spud

There are standing calf raise machines that load additional weight through your traps

I know.

Posted by: nsimmons

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Originally Posted by JordanMang

I know.

Then youre an idiot, load up 400 lbs in the squat rack and do raises and tell me your calves dont burn.

Posted by: crazy_enough

fuck 400 lbs...Ure body is used to carrying ure body weight around day in day out....150 more aint gonna do shit (thinking of jordanmang's bodyweight here)

slap on 3-4 times ure weight and do in-out-parallel sets, then talk about burn!!

Posted by: JordanMang

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Originally Posted by nsimmons

Then youre an idiot, load up 400 lbs in the squat rack and do raises and tell me your calves dont burn.

Whatever you say chief. The lack of clarity in your post confuses me. Rephrase please.

Posted by: Bakerboy

IMO pointing your toes in-or out does not make calf raises more effective.
I like to shift between medium weight for high reps and heavy weights for lower reps. Some people never do direct calf work and still have decent calves from the indirect involvement like squats, dead lifts, step ups, lunges farmers etc. Sled pulling and weighted jump squats (with a weighted vest or db's) are both excellent movements for developing your entire calf but not many people do those exercises.

Posted by: crazy_enough

^^^ beleive me, if i had the genetics, I would never sweat direct calf work!!! Unfortunately...

Posted by: Bakerboy

^ Yeah, I hear you, my calves need direct a lot of direct work too. I drool over nice calves.

Posted by: Spud

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Originally Posted by JordanMang

I know.

Then what's this crap you're spewing about only lifting your body weight?

Posted by: nsimmons

whats the problem here..adding an additional 400lbs + your body weight does not make for easy work. I use 300 lbs for standing raises+body weight and its burning pretty good around the 10th rep

Is spud the only one who gets this?

Posted by: nsimmons

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Originally Posted by crazy_enough

fuck 400 lbs...Ure body is used to carrying ure body weight around day in day out....150 more aint gonna do shit (thinking of jordanmang's bodyweight here)

slap on 3-4 times ure weight and do in-out-parallel sets, then talk about burn!!

400+body weight, i never said 400 total, read my post. i said load 400 on a bar in a squat rack and lift that, jordans case thats 660lbs

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