5 Secrets To Building Bigger Calves

5 Secrets To Building Bigger Calves

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It wasn't until I understood that Calves were different from other muscles when it came to training and building them that I started seeing results.

1st off.. I was not born with big calves, for proof go to the top of my profile to see where I started.

Where genetics did play a part was the length of my calves, but as you can see, they were skinny.

Building them from 13" to over 19" has taken years, and the 5 secrets below are things I have followed for decades.

1. Frequency and Consistency: Train your calves frequently, ideally 2-4 times per week, with consistent effort. Consistency is key to stimulating muscle growth.

2. Variety of Exercises: Incorporate a variety of calf exercises into your routine, including standing calf raises, seated calf raises, calf presses, and calf raises on a leg press machine. This ensures that you target all the muscles in your calves from different angles.

3. Progressive Overload: Gradually increase the weight, sets, or reps of your calf exercises over time to continually challenge your muscles and stimulate growth. Progressive overload is essential for muscle adaptation and growth.

4. Range of Motion: This one may shock some. When I am going over moderate heavy, I do not perform full range, especially on the decent of the motion. This is purely to ensure I do not put too much strain on the Achilles. On lighter movements, I do focus on performing calf exercises through a full range of motion to maximize muscle activation and stimulate growth. This means fully extending your ankles at the bottom of the movement and contracting your calf muscles at the top.

5. Nutrition and Recovery: Ensure you're consuming enough protein to support muscle growth and providing your body with adequate rest and recovery between calf workouts. Adequate sleep, hydration, and proper nutrition are essential for optimal muscle growth and repair.

[Evil]

You can build calves when walking, if you do it right

[djtoedit]

First go back in time to tell your great grandfather to do 1000 calf raises a day then have him tell your grandfather to do 1000 calf raises a day then have him tell your father to do 1000 calf raises a day and then boom monster calf’s

[hf..]

I always love this type of calves shapes, thank you so much .

[shawnclawson]

I always walked to stretch then did weighted raises but since my neck injury i took 20 months off not by choice niw im back, having to learn new ways to do everything, thanks for the tip... going to start trying this tomorrow

[malakailatu]

This would take months to grow calves out 💪😤

[mazensalah]

They say only short people have big calves and it's not true

[moviehistory]

C’mon man, I’ve seen your calves on video posted 17 years ago, they’re been already huge, why you talking that they been skinny, from 13 over 19 inches. Don’t lie. It’s a genetic. Period

[bamsemh]

Try high heels. Now take them off and walk like you are still wearing them 😉

[kernboristv]

If I do this type of calves exercise without using weights if my calves will get bigger also how much reps you must do with your carbs daily and how much time a week to do calves

[brokenbulletproof]

did rehabbing that left achillies rupture hurt when it was getting stronger ?