[ZachNasty]

Can these two muscles be worked every other day even if they are not sore????or possibly everyday other then my OFF day?

[Mygeeto]

yeah. frequency is favourable with calves especially.

[compulut]

I beg to differ guys. I think if you're really killing them when you work them (which you should if you want them to grow) they will be sore. I also think that working any bodypart that is worked properly everyday, is over-worked, under rested and will not grow to it's potential.

[ZachNasty]

So what do you say, about every other day??

[captainplanet]

In my opinion, I think that hitting calves/forearms or any other muscle group everyday or every other day is not alowing the muscle sufficient time to rest and grow, you just keep tearing it down and not letting it rest. I'd say it's much better to hit calves HARD, not some pussy half ass calf raises, but the real shit, during your leg workouts or whenever you do them, but only do them once, twice a week , as long as your hitting them hard enough. Same goes for forearms

[compulut]

I still say that is too much, but understand, I train them like every other week. I wouldn't recommend that for very many people, but in my case, more frequent training won't allow the rest of my legs to 'catch up'. (My trainer is about 5'10", 225lbs @ 4.5% BF - he is jealous of my calves, but we both know that it is a lot of genetics. I'd trade my calves for his shoulders or abs any day of the week.)

If calves (or forearms) are your weak points, I would advise training them earlier in the week (first training day), or earlier in the training session (first exercise on that training day), not more frequently. This way you have more energy to really brutalize them.

This is such a preferential thing though. Everybody has a different idea on every thing. For calves, I've heard high weight-low rep, low weight-high rep, high weight-high rep, etc. I say, if they don't feel done, your doing something wrong - either the weight, the reps, the position or form. I think you should have to limp around a little when you're done working calves.

I've also noticed that guys with better calves tend to show a fuller ROM. For me, I have to concentrate on making sure I really stretch those bad boys at the bottom of the movement.

I've also noticed that on seated calf raises, the bar compresses uncomfortably on my thighs, disallowing me to continue working as long as my calves could take it without the compression. Same for standing (both of these regard machines). Either my neck or lower back gives before my calves are burned. If your leg press rack allows, try hitting calves after your last set of presses (assuming you're not doing drop sets). Say you end presses on 540, add a couple of plates & do 12x12x12 with 630. (12 each calve 'raises' with toes pointed inward (for outer heads) outward (for inner heads) and straight ahead (overall).

If that doesn't work, try something else for awhile. Find what works for you, and then - when your body gets used to it - change it up again.

[Viethulk4]

Ya can work it out everyother day or twice a week, if ya body can handle it. If ya gonna do that, take some glutamine, so speed up muscle recovery. If ya can't do it right, then don't do it. Listen to your body

[EastCoast Highlander]

dangit people, train calves heavy! only heavy! theyre the 2nd strongest muscle in the body so train them heavy and get some real growth train them as you would train your chest 8-15 reps with heavy weight dont be a sissy about it and it isnt my opinion it is the fact that it works as i walk by watching some tool doing 20-30 reps for calves for the past 4 years with no obvious growth to speak of, you can do high reps for calves when you take a dang run! your'e always using them so give them a freakin bone and hit em hard, if you aint wobblin around you aint workin hard enough !!!

[Mygeeto]

Originally Posted by EastCoast Highlander

dangit people, train calves heavy! only heavy! theyre the 2nd strongest muscle in the body so train them heavy and get some real growth train them as you would train your chest 8-15 reps with heavy weight dont be a sissy about it and it isnt my opinion it is the fact that it works as i walk by watching some tool doing 20-30 reps for calves for the past 4 years with no obvious growth to speak of, you can do high reps for calves when you take a dang run! your'e always using them so give them a freakin bone and hit em hard, if you aint wobblin around you aint workin hard enough !!!

truth.. hey ECHL how many sets and reps do you do for calves? do you warm up calfs before exersizing them with heavy weight? and how much weight do you normally use?
just curious

[EastCoast Highlander]

Originally Posted by Mygeeto

truth.. hey ECHL how many sets and reps do you do for calves? do you warm up calfs before exersizing them with heavy weight? and how much weight do you normally use?
just curious

sent you a message on your inbox , number of reps dont matter just gotta exhaust the muscles

[EastCoast Highlander]

Originally Posted by Mygeeto

truth.. hey ECHL how many sets and reps do you do for calves? do you warm up calfs before exersizing them with heavy weight? and how much weight do you normally use?
just curious

ah forgot to add, on seated calf raise ive put 3 100lb plates on and a 45 and also a 25 idk i can do more tho put it almost tips over if i dont hurry and get on it

[Viethulk4]

Try workout technique like double x rep, jay cutler and ronnie coleman do them, burn like hell