Calves....Help!

Tropicalgirlxx · 04-20-2004, 02:46 PM

Okay, here is my weakness...I need some more exercises for my chicken legs! Especially the calves. I dance too, so I don't know what the problem is

I have been training for a long time. I have tried so many things. Any one with the secret weapon please fill me in~

Oh! Premier if you read this I put picks up! I have to get more of me posing and one of my back :wink, wink: haha!

OrbitalChime · 04-20-2004, 03:00 PM

Make sure you go through the complete range of motion when your doing your seated calv raises or whatever exercise and make sure to stretch them between every set. Alternating standing and seated raises seems to work pretty well for me, but i'm in the same boat as you..trying to get those calves to pop out more! Good Luck

DERELICTE · 04-20-2004, 03:02 PM

many people fail to stretch their calves properly

**dg806** · 04-20-2004, 03:09 PM

I fail to see anything wrong with those legs

nikegurl · 04-20-2004, 03:11 PM

....and i think ya have to get used to that burning pain during a good set - and keep going. other bodyparts don't hurt in the same way calves do when you're training them hard. (at least i find that to be true)

camarosuper6 · 04-20-2004, 03:26 PM

Try doing them completely seperate. Go into the gym, maybe during off time, and just do 10 sets of calvs. Do 5 standing raisies, gradually increasing weight until you can do no more than 6.

Same with seated, 5 sets until you can do no more than 6 on the final set.

Tropicalgirlxx · 04-20-2004, 05:38 PM

Thanks for all the replies! Lot's of good tips. I have never competed so there is no off time for me. I would like to... just wouldn't know where to start!

Oh wait! You mean on my off days...omg that was a real blonde moment!

DG806.... Thanks!

Vieope · 04-20-2004, 08:22 PM

Tropicalgirlxx Posts:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Tropicalgirlxx
Oh! Premier if you read this I put picks up!

You are fast man.

Tropicalgirlxx · 04-20-2004, 09:40 PM

hu??

PreMier · 04-20-2004, 11:44 PM

Ah goodie! Picts, now I can poke fun

Tropicalgirlxx · 04-21-2004, 12:12 AM

I still haven't put my back pic up yet

Poke away I'm waiting!!

Talk to ya tomorrow, I am tired.

PreMier · 04-21-2004, 12:13 AM

Ok, g-night.

Dont have much to poke fun at..

You look too good.

Fit Freak · 04-21-2004, 04:48 AM

Here are a few things:

1) always use a full range of motion
2) perform reps slowly accentuating the stretch at the bottom and holding the maximum contraction at the top of the motion
3) Train them FIRST and TWICE a week - IMO anymore is overtraining
4) Experiment with different rep schemes...6-8, 8-12, 12-15, 20....some respond to lower reps while others respond to higher reps. Either way you want to develop strength and hypertrophy so I recommend using low and high reps.
5) Make sure you train the SOLEOUS and GASTROCNEMIUM - this means always doing a standing exercise and a seated exercise.
6) Train the front of the lower leg (ANTERIOR TIBIALIS) - do this by placing your heel on the edge of a bench and doing toe raises....gives the lower leg a fuller look

GOOD LUCK...most of all train them hard and learn to continue through the burn!

Burner02 · 04-21-2004, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tropicalgirlxx
I still haven't put my back pic up yet

Poke away I'm waiting!!

Talk to ya tomorrow, I am tired.

dam..I am a dummy...I didn't realize those two pics of you were...you...
I was looking thru something and came across them...very nice, BTW, hair reminds me of a girl i used to date...

04-20-2004, 02:46 PM	#1
Tropicalgirlxx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 230	Calves....Help! Okay, here is my weakness...I need some more exercises for my chicken legs! Especially the calves. I dance too, so I don't know what the problem is I have been training for a long time. I have tried so many things. Any one with the secret weapon please fill me in~ Oh! Premier if you read this I put picks up! I have to get more of me posing and one of my back :wink, wink: haha!

04-20-2004, 03:09 PM	#4
dg806 Guardian of The Homeland Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 17,438	I fail to see anything wrong with those legs
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04-20-2004, 03:11 PM	#5
nikegurl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: LA, CA Posts: 5,635	....and i think ya have to get used to that burning pain during a good set - and keep going. other bodyparts don't hurt in the same way calves do when you're training them hard. (at least i find that to be true)
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04-20-2004, 03:26 PM	#6
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,354	Try doing them completely seperate. Go into the gym, maybe during off time, and just do 10 sets of calvs. Do 5 standing raisies, gradually increasing weight until you can do no more than 6. Same with seated, 5 sets until you can do no more than 6 on the final set.
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04-20-2004, 11:44 PM	#10
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04-20-2004, 03:00 PM	#2
OrbitalChime Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: va tech Posts: 38	Make sure you go through the complete range of motion when your doing your seated calv raises or whatever exercise and make sure to stretch them between every set. Alternating standing and seated raises seems to work pretty well for me, but i'm in the same boat as you..trying to get those calves to pop out more! Good Luck

04-20-2004, 03:02 PM	#3
DERELICTE Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SHOWERING IN AUSCHWITZ Posts: 80	many people fail to stretch their calves properly

04-20-2004, 05:38 PM	#7
Tropicalgirlxx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 230	Thanks for all the replies! Lot's of good tips. I have never competed so there is no off time for me. I would like to... just wouldn't know where to start! Oh wait! You mean on my off days...omg that was a real blonde moment! DG806.... Thanks!

04-20-2004, 09:40 PM	#9
Tropicalgirlxx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 230	hu??

04-21-2004, 12:12 AM	#11
Tropicalgirlxx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 230	I still haven't put my back pic up yet Poke away I'm waiting!! Talk to ya tomorrow, I am tired.

04-21-2004, 12:13 AM	#12
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,300 Photos: 2	Ok, g-night. Dont have much to poke fun at.. You look too good.
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04-21-2004, 04:48 AM	#13
Fit Freak Fit Freak Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Halifax Posts: 1,797 Photos: 6	Here are a few things: 1) always use a full range of motion 2) perform reps slowly accentuating the stretch at the bottom and holding the maximum contraction at the top of the motion 3) Train them FIRST and TWICE a week - IMO anymore is overtraining 4) Experiment with different rep schemes...6-8, 8-12, 12-15, 20....some respond to lower reps while others respond to higher reps. Either way you want to develop strength and hypertrophy so I recommend using low and high reps. 5) Make sure you train the SOLEOUS and GASTROCNEMIUM - this means always doing a standing exercise and a seated exercise. 6) Train the front of the lower leg (ANTERIOR TIBIALIS) - do this by placing your heel on the edge of a bench and doing toe raises....gives the lower leg a fuller look GOOD LUCK...most of all train them hard and learn to continue through the burn!
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