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>Calves are only genetics
When will this meme die?
No wonder you fucking calflets have small calves when you've already given up before you started.
I haven't done any calve exercises all my life and they're around 20-22 inches. 440lbs, 45% bf.
>>36178776
kill yourself
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>>36178776
>almost half his body is pure fat
- does that guy shave his legs?
why?
is he ashamed of being a man?
>>36178313
Yes but is it possible to build calves if you are a natural?
>>36178313
Yeah, calves respond to exercise (or lack of it). The genetics meme should end
>angles are only genetic
you fucking anglets make me laugh, thick angles coming through scrawny fucks
>>36178815
but what about calves insertions? Is this a meme too?
Calves aren't genetic they just respond differently to training due to different muscle fibers.
Think about what calves are and what they are used for (ankle extension while running/walking, lots and lots of low weight reps) which explains why calves respond to really high rep training as opposed to heavy training.
If you were to run 10K 3 times a week with proper form your calves would grow, if you were to walk for an hour with a weighted vest 3 times a week your calves would grow. I guarantee if you spend ten minutes 3 times a week doing really slow calf raises with your bodyweight your calves will grow.
People think calves are genetic because they train them in the 8-20 rep range and see no growth when they should be focusing on the 50 plus rep range and hitting them regularly.
caring about how your calves look
>>36178841
No, it matters. Understanding that genetics matter is one thing, but saying that training calves is useless is another.
You can always get better calves even if you don't have great genetics, it will just take longer and so forth
>>36178830
>angles
i did legs 3 days ago not even heavy weight but i fucked my shit up somehow. everytime i try to get on my knees (insert dick sucking joke) and try to sit back some intesne pain comes at the back of my leg.
this is fucking gay why did i even fall for leg day
>>36178920
you got tight hamstrings?
>>36178849
My dad has bigger, lean calves than any sportsmen or athlete I have ever seen and he never ran not did endurance type training in his life.
Yea, calves surely aren't genetics at all, right.
>>36178941
probably but theres something wrong with that leg every time i squat i hear a click in my knee
im fucking my shit up arnt i?
>>36178950
I didn't mean that they aren't genetic, I meant that people train them incorrectly and then just blame it on genetics when they don't grow.
>>36178841
to an extent. some people are blessed with calves that go from the knee all the way down to the ankle and some (like me) have calves that stop about 2/3 down my lower leg. sucks but that's just insertions for you, and really nobody (even yourself) is probably ever going to notice that your insertions are bad if you have trained you calves to an adequate level (most people are impressed by large calves since almost no one, even in the lifting world, trains them and fewer still train them properly)
>>36178966
the clicking is fine but let me ask you this. How slow are you descending on your squats? I had a similar thing to what you are experiencing when I was new to lifting and my problem was I was basically dive bombing my squats. Once I worked on my mobility a bit and started descending really slowly on my squats all leg pain was gone.
>>36178975
You literally said they aren't genetic.
But yea, I get your point and they are surely increasable in size when worked right - however, someone that worked them right for years can still very likely run into someone that has way bigger calves and never worked out in his life.
>>36178966
if its bad pain, go to physio. no amount of googling will give you any answers, pain is an extremely complex symptom and you might have done one or more things wrong. maybe your form was off, maybe you hadn't warmed up properly (this is my guess), maybe you have muscle imbalances that make squatting dangerous to you, maybe you had slightly inflamed tendons that day from a bad sleeping position, maybe all of these, maybe some, maybe none. only physio will help you.
>>36178912
what does a full muscle belly calf look like? wtf? i've only ever seen them down to the mid shin
>>36179015
I was responding to the OP that said
>Calves are only genetics
I should have said calves aren't only genetic in my post, my bad
>>36178776
>around 20-22 inches
Guessing guessing guessing guessing
Eyeballing it mine are 10'. I'm one of those fallout 3 supermutants
>>36179036
Mine are about 2/3s of the shin, and a little over halfway from the knee pit to the heel.. I don't think they get much longer that that.
Calves are not genetic.
My dad is a mailman, and he has the most godly calves the planet has ever seen.
>>36178776
You haven't done any ab exercises but your abdomen is at least 75 inches around.
It's called being morbidly obese, anon.
You aren't "swole"
the reason why some peoplehave big calves without working them is because they walk differently
everyone with small calves is a heelstriker
Slow heavy negative 15 sets with a 15 second deep stretch on the calf raise thingy gets results reasonably fast. Cut my shit up in like 6 months.
>>36179599
What are you trying to tell me dubs?
Have I been walking wrong my swole life?
>>36178849
>People think calves are genetic because they train them in the 8-20 rep range and see no growth
True, and most of these anons are avoiding cardio because they take memes too seriously (or they're just lazy), so they avoid running or sprinting and rob themselves of good calves.
>>36178920
>this is fucking gay why did i even fall for leg day
S'fuckin' gay as HELL.
>>36179757
yes
try striking midfoot, it gave me size instantly. If only I walked like this my whole life
>>36179599
>everyone with small calves is a heelstriker
You mean people who stomp-walk? Goddamn that is annoying.
>>36179895
>stomping around trying to grow his calves
>>36178313
this is why no one posts in leg thread lol
>>36179950
I don't know why but the image of this is cracking me the fuck up.
More on topic I have tiny ass calves. Like fucking pitiful. But recently I started walking on an incline at a brisk speed with a 40lbs weighted vest and I've already had more growth than I gained with just calf raises.
>>36179882
I'm sceptical mate...
>>36179987
thats because with an incline you cant heelstrike, you just confirmed what I claimed
>>36180002
It's making me insanely happy. I've literally never worn shorts out in public due to this and for awhile I succumb to the calves are pure genetics meme. I was even considering implants at one point, they were that bad.
I walk on the balls of my feet, as a result my calves are ripped. If I'm wearing boots I heel strike but most of the time I'm barefoot. When I walk into rooms people often get surprised because they don't hear me, so I'm really quiet.
People who clomp around are funny to me. It's a retarded way to walk and it's noisy as fuck. Girls in particular are really bad about this although their hips have a lot to do with it. I shouldn't be able to feel the floor shaking around when you walk, goddamnit. Elephant feet.
>>36180105
So you prance around like a fairy on your tip toes but think the way everyone else walks is weird?
>>36180105
R u Saskue Uchiha
>>36180154
Stomp walker detected. There's no prancing or bouncing around, it's smooth as silk.
>>36178313
>lifting will get you women
Fuck that when will THIS meme die
>>36180263
Lol fuck off. I was a forever alone virgin until 24, then I did SS for 9 months, and suddenly I got a GF.
>>36178776
He baited all you cucks so well
>get back from 55 mile bike ride
>see this thread
>measure calves for fuck of it
>lol 15 inches
>>36178776
True bearmode
>>36179882
pisses me off
butters.jpg
While we're here talking about calves, are they ok to train everyday? I know fast twitch muscles recover faster but 6x a week I'm doing standing raises, seated raises and walking on an incline with a weighted vest for as long as I can stand it. Noticing growth, haven't noticed much soreness. Should I continue?
>>36180322
>lol 15 inches
fatty or estat
>>36181660
What are yours then?
>>36181660
>he thinks 15 is big
Skelly pls. I have 17.
I am a proponent for genetics though. I have muscularity on both sides of my family.
>>36178776
kek top b8
butter golem pls go away.
>>36181820
>Skelly pls. I have 17.
pic? i severely doubt it unless you're a planet with zero definition
>>36181796
>What are yours then?
>>36181907
Yeah I'm fat and I'm also lying. Don't worry, your calves are fine.
>>36181956
Noice calves mate, you must have your cleats set up well and a good saddle position
Mine are 16" but I'm just over 6'2". Feels good mang, starting to get some vascularity coming out in them too since I've upped my riding game a bit.
>>36181956
beautiful
>>36181956
too bad you're a complete manlet
>>36181956
>rightmost pic
HOBBIT MODE UNLOCKED
>>36185147
it's cool though he has 16.5 inch calves
>>36185147
At least Swoldo Swaggins there has some good definition m8, you'd do well to take advice on how to train legs off the fella.
>>36178776
>45% bf
that's why
>>36178313
It will never die cause it's not a fucking meme.
Pic related, Dennis Wolf's calves. You really think that a Mr. Olympia level bodybuilder does not train calves?
He probably trains them harder than any other competitor because of the shit genetics but this is the result.
the fatties do enjoy big calves
but I'd prefer my skinny calves and skinny waist compared to big calves and a fat waist.
>>36185304
he doesn't train them hard enough
>>36185304
No he doesn't because it's about overall body symmetry! They compliment his legs perfecly! Any bigger and they would seem disporportunate.
You god damb retard
>>36185391
Are you mentally fucking handicapped? You must be if you think he actively made the decision to leave his calves that size. They're not bing enough for his thighs at all. Fuck off.
>>36178815
why did they put him in a skirt? why humiliate him at the end of it all?
>>36180319
you're the cuck
>>36185469
>Are you mentally fucking handicapped?
no, are you?
>>36186857
well, he deserved it. the man was pure evil when alive
