MuscleScience's Iron Lab

[MuscleScience]

MS , every time I see you post I think about how high the muscle bellies are on your calves for a white guy (seen black marathon runners with calves that high) . and you got great separation developed for such poor calf genetics . so I'm curious what you've done to develop such great separation in your calves with such high insertion points

I've got lower insertion points then you and some ok mass , but your separation between the two head is pretty good . just wondering if its genetics or training that brought that on.

as you can see my calves dont have a lot of separation and its something I'd like to work on and train if possible

Haha, my calves are not my only large feature lol.

I’ve always had good calves. But when I was younger I was really into basketball so I did jump training every single day for years. By the time I got to college my vertical was 36” plus. Playing pickup basketball Now gets them really good, that’s why I like to still play. In the gym I hit them with a lot of reps and volume. I will do 6 sets of 20 reps for each head. Sometimes with my feet narrow or wide. At the top I will do half reps and even squeezes to feel that cut.

You have really good calves actually, your medial head is just more developed than the lateral head and somewhat overpowers it.

[GearHeaded]

You have really good calves actually, your medial head is just more developed than the lateral head and somewhat overpowers it.

your spot on , I can't even get my lateral head sore when I train them , my medial just takes over . so maybe some more explosive movements could activate them you think ?
I do 800 pound leg press machine calf raises for like 12 reps, and then much lighter weight smith machine calf raises for high reps 25-30, as my main movements currently .

[MuscleScience]

I've done keto a half dozen times or so . heres my protocol on the fastest way to get into ketosis .

fast for 2 days
depletion workouts (high volume high rep)
depletion cardio (that means HIIT on the spin bike , not LIST on a treadmill)
^ the point of these two is to burn off all the glucose glycogen and carbs you have in your system fast as possible
when you begin to eat again , go very high fat (don't even look at a carb, keep protein low too)

Man it’s like your in my mind, I do almost the same thing. Fasting is hard for me but I will try to do 2-3 days of 16 hour IF. Then I go back to my normal 13 hour protocol.

your spot on , I can't even get my lateral head sore when I train them , my medial just takes over . so maybe some more explosive movements could activate them you think ?
I do 800 pound leg press machine calf raises for like 12 reps, and then much lighter weight smith machine calf raises for high reps 25-30, as my main movements currently .

Explosive training always worked for me. The Gastrocs is mainly fast twitch fibers anyway. The soleus is mostly slower twitch so I hit that with high reps and super slow negatives.

Do you turn toes in and out to hit the different heads?