Quote Originally Posted by cylon357 View Post
I remember reading about Ed Coan way back talking about walking out with some crazy a** number (north of 1000 pounds) and considering he was 220 at the time, I was like daaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmn!

Anyhow, this is one situation where I prefer the smith machine over free weights - this is no doubt because my balance is sh!t. It's nice to have dedicated calf machines but not every facility does (but you can bet your rump they have a smith machine).
You don’t need to walk out when doing the calf work. I’d get myself set on the block and then just push right up out of the j-hooks in the rack and start working. The key is just setting the hooks low enough that you have to kind of squat it up a little so the bar never hits them when doing calf reps.