calves for size?

[toooosmall]

in the 3 years I've been going to this gym, I have some of the strongest calves and yet also smallest. weird. I've tried many dif things,but what's a good method??

[Reed]

Well really depends on your insertions for one.

HOWEVER strength does not equal muscle size in any muscle group. I could pound out rep after rep on the leg press with some heavy weight and look good doing it

For me what has brought up my calves is quality of the rep and continuing to improve every day on all quality of my reps with all part and various exercises and weights.

Good all the way down for full stretch and the big thing for me is putting my mind to my muscle and feeling that contraction at the top while visualizing the flexed calve.

[InfiniteMuscle]

I like high rep, medium weight. Focusing on each rep and contraction. Full range of motion is key.

[toooosmall]

thanks guys!

[auslifta]

holding the weight at top on donkey raises for about 4 secs.

[SuperLift]

Slow, controlled reps at a full range of motion win for me. I switch it up from heavy weights, lower reps to lower weight, higher reps. My favorite exercise for calves would be the standing calf raise. Load up heavy weight and go to failure. Then do just body weight calf raises till failure, then finally calf raises on the flat ground. I love doing this and always feel like I get a huge pump in my calves. Do that a couple of times, each set till failure. That will make your calves BURN!!

[toooosmall]

thanks guys! well, maybe i should tell you what i do and hear your feedback....
after stretching warmups with 270 on 45 degree leg press, my routine is this....
450 for 10 reps, then drop 45 lbs and go another 3 to 5, always to failure.
i keep dropping 45 and go another 3 or 4 reps to failure.
at 270lbs, i bend my knees a little to hit the calves differently.
after dropping 45 lbs and repping to failure another 4 times so that my last set is 180 lbs.
understand that alllll of this is done with the least amount of rest possible, hence drop sets.
then i warm up at the seated calf raise and then do drop sets with 3 45lb plates, then 2, then 1 .
that's the end of my set, and the next day i feel it big time.

[toooosmall]

thanks guys! well, maybe i should tell you what i do and hear your feedback....
after stretching warmups with 270 on 45 degree leg press, my routine is this....
450 for 10 reps, then drop 45 lbs and go another 3 to 5, always to failure.
i keep dropping 45 and go another 3 or 4 reps to failure.
at 270lbs, i bend my knees a little to hit the calves differently.
after dropping 45 lbs and repping to failure another 4 times so that my last set is 180 lbs.
understand that alllll of this is done with the least amount of rest possible, hence drop sets.
then i warm up at the seated calf raise and then do drop sets with 3 45lb plates, then 2, then 1 .
that's the end of my set, and the next day i feel it big time.

[gethuge21]

i have plenty of mass on my calves but no definition and i dont know what im doing wrong i train them twice a week and i run and jump rope alot to any suggestions

[zaggahamma]

does jumping rope put good size on calves?

[Machdiesel]

I like high rep, medium weight. Focusing on each rep and contraction. Full range of motion is key.

This, reps can go as high as 20

[sixoner]

does jumping rope put good size on calves?

when i jump rope a lot it doesn't do much for size on my calves, but it definitely makes the muscle on the front of my shin (tibialis I think??) look monstrous and hard as hell one of my bros was asking what i did for that he was trying to figure out a way to work that with dumbells on his toes lifting up or something..i just jump rope and it pops out..

another guy runner we know was saying he works that muscle by attaching ankle straps to his toes and suspending weight from them and lifting up on his toes.

no sure if any of this is relevant but that's what i get from jump rope huge ripped outer shin muscle