Anybody got tips for BIG calves ?

[sam.j]

if you've got anytips please tell me !

(I heard its probably the hardest muscle to build)

Want huge calves !

[ghettoboyd]

have you tryed high reps on the exercises you do?... i find sets of 25-30 and hitting them 2x per week keep mine growing...of course that meens doing less weight so as to get the reps in but its effective...

[bobjack]

biggest factor for calves gonna be genetics, that don't mean u can't make them grow though

but if u want BIG calves u just gotta have the genes

[pasha]

Yea agree genetics! what helped me was working calves 4 times a week.. with high reps.. ever sense i started doing that my calves have grown quite a bit.. good luck!

[MRNJ1992]

100percent genetic....Even when I sauced legs never got real big-only strong...good luck with that....

[stpete]

Twice a week. I hit them w/high reps on leg day on sitting calf raise, then go heavy on another day using standing calf raises. 6-8 sets each exercise.

[sam.j]

I'm a broad lad but my wrist's and my legs are skinny and its pissing me off because you can grow you wrists's and your calves are bloody hard to grow

[sam.j]

I'm a broad lad but my wrist's and my legs are skinny and its pissing me off because you can grow you wrists's and your calves are bloody hard to grow

Can't **

[wanna_c_gains]

I have decent calves, at our gym we have 20 steps from the free weights to the hammer strength section. After squats I do bodyweight calf raises up them. Start with 1 rep on the first step and add one for every additional step. Winds up being 210 reps and absolutely sucks.

[kronik420]

walking, guy i work with doesn't go to the gym but he walks to work 1 hour ED, and his calves are huge compared to mine, also his ankles are really thick.

[auslifta]

Rest pause sets, forced negatives concentrating on doing movements slow. I see way too many people doing fast reps. 4sec up hold at top for 1 sec and negative for 4 sec. Also lock out your knees, it's one of only 2 exercises I lock out, (the other is triceps) and concentrate on the weight being on the ball of your foot at the top of the movement.

[auslifta]

Hit them twice a week too.

[crane]

Try running on the balls of your feet. Your calves will grow quite fast. when i was in the military we would run for about 8 miles and in order to break it up alittle during my run i would change the position of my feet when they land. you can run heel to toe but sometwhere in the middle of your run land on the balls of your feet and just before your heel hits the ground spring back up keep that going until your calves burns like hell and then go back to running heel to toe. then do it again

[600@50]

Try to do full reps whether high reps or heavy weight. Go to a full stretch at the bottom and squeeze the rep at the top. Don't get caught up in short range of motion reps.

[jsn23]

if you've got anytips please tell me !

(I heard its probably the hardest muscle to build)

Want huge calves !

do lots of calf raises, but also do a lot of squats and leg presses while really focusing on that calf

[jsn23]

i just focus on the big lifts, thats how i got my 18" calves and 30" quads

[bowldawg]

I have huge calves and never work them directly. Genetics. I'm sure you an improve them, but thats one bitch of a bodypart to grow if genetics are working against you.

[greenwell001]

Try running on the balls of your feet. Your calves will grow quite fast. when i was in the military we would run for about 8 miles and in order to break it up alittle during my run i would change the position of my feet when they land. you can run heel to toe but sometwhere in the middle of your run land on the balls of your feet and just before your heel hits the ground spring back up keep that going until your calves burns like hell and then go back to running heel to toe. then do it again

I agree 100%. I do competitive triathalons and its called pose running, thats the only way to run if you wanna save your knees and its hell on the calves.

[crane]

I agree 100%. I do competitive triathalons and its called pose running, thats the only way to run if you wanna save your knees and its hell on the calves.

I didnt know that. It def worked for me. it was the only way i could increase my run speed as well as distance and definately right about saving my knees.

[F250Hoss]

Heavy weight with high reps