gastrocnemius

frostaldinho · 05-09-2008, 04:04 PM

What are the main excercises for workin the gastrocnemius? any help would be greatly appreciated

biggfly · 05-09-2008, 04:19 PM

You can call it the calf muscle for simplicity reasons. Seated/standing calf raises for starters.

**DOMS** · 05-09-2008, 04:36 PM

I like to do calf raises on a platform.

biggfly · 05-09-2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DOMS

I like to do calf raises on a platform.

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Chevrolet · 05-10-2008, 01:20 AM

standing calf raises use more gastroc than seated, when seated your soleus comes more into play.

**Built** · 05-10-2008, 02:03 AM

Anything with the knee straight will hit more gastroc than soleus. In either event, the Achilles tendon is designed to return energy with each step - so pause at the bottom of each rep for at least 3 seconds to dissipate that energy and prevent the elastic return. Gastrocs are predominantly fast twitch and respond to heavy, lower-rep work. Soleus are predominantly slow twitch and may respond a bit better to higher rep work.

My strong feeling is that calves respond well to volume: I was a fat jogger, and my calves are 16".

**P-funk** · 05-10-2008, 07:41 AM

the gastroc is biarticular, so it also crosses the knee and helps to flex it.

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05-09-2008, 04:19 PM	#2
biggfly Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: u.s.a Posts: 387 Photos: 2	You can call it the calf muscle for simplicity reasons. Seated/standing calf raises for starters.

05-10-2008, 02:03 AM	#6
Built Bioidentical Bodybuilder Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: . Posts: 716	Anything with the knee straight will hit more gastroc than soleus. In either event, the Achilles tendon is designed to return energy with each step - so pause at the bottom of each rep for at least 3 seconds to dissipate that energy and prevent the elastic return. Gastrocs are predominantly fast twitch and respond to heavy, lower-rep work. Soleus are predominantly slow twitch and may respond a bit better to higher rep work. My strong feeling is that calves respond well to volume: I was a fat jogger, and my calves are 16".