Lee Priest: Standing or Seated Calf Raises? 🤔🦵 #shorts

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Sam's Fitness - Gym Equipment: LEE PRIEST: Secret to Building MASSIVE Calves?

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[ichie]

I don’t think there has been a better physique look wise than Lee Priest in his prime. Dude was a monster

[HarrisonJ]

Calf, the most overlooked muscle, but in terms of symmetry, most important

[mohammadahmed]

and science shows that seated is wayyy worse so bro was right

[benjaminrodriguez]

Lee Priest is sure one hell of a beast!

[Thulgore]

Lee is still one of the few from the era that is still absolute muscle. The only other two I can think of are Cutler and Ruhl.

[bikerforlife]

It's not a matter of preference... it's biomechanics. Standing calf raises engage the gastrocnemius, seated calf raises engage the soleus because the bent knee joint excludes the gastrocnemius....

[fabiobonetta]

Probably the greatest pound for pound body ever

[mikerieck]

Soleous is activated during seated raises....gastroc is not. Both muscles activated during standing raises

[canceresbunny]

Lee is the best physique ever. Idc what nobody says.

[stonemove]

Bro has dual calves on each leg, damnnn

[indyz]

The gastrocnemius is primary plantar flexor (pulls foot down) but it’s also a secondary knee flexor due to its attachment to the femur. So, standing upright stretches it and results in a more intense eccentric without having to bend the foot upwards as much at the bottom of the rep (which would result in the pressure on the ankle that Priest was describing occurring when seated).

Personally, I also get a lot of pressure on my knee/quad with heavy-loaded seated raises - no such issue when standing.

[Donnyjean]

One of the best physic I ever seen 👀👀👀💪🏾

[stevenremick]

Seated primarily works the soleus which is much smaller than gastrocnemius. Training the soleus will not give you big calves, but it will improve athleticism and help protect or rehabilitate your knees.

[Man_]

They work to different areas of the calves. Seated calf raises isolates the soleus muscle of the calves which is the muscle you see from the side under the belly of the calves. And the main belly’s are called gastrocnemius and are isolated by doing standing calves raise that’s why they give better results because the gastrocnemius muscle is larger and more visible, therefore it would be optimal to work both.

[StevenHinojosa-ptyw]

I always do mine on a leg press machine but I’m also trying to incorporate standing now too with a barbell and it’s a game changer

[RakugothDajjal]

one legged body-weight calve raises with a stretch are enough for most

[zerimarz]

And his Bicep and Calves proportions are the same. He really is the Giant Killer.

[captainandrewcrabtree]

Gonna try that squatting calf raise... looks good and I've never seen it 👍

[mikej]

Calf raises while squatting is something you can do at home👍

[aestheticsforever]

Standing has been always GOATED🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾👏🤝