Is targeting calves a meme?
>>37869564
only if you kill yourself
>>37869564
if you do calves since the beginning youll be one of the few ppl with nice calves in a couple years
thats the way i see it at least
>>37869564
No. They grow very slowly, and people have very different natural calf size/appearance due to genetics/insertions, but they can both grow and get stronger with training.
>>37869564
Why do you faggots keep posting these threads?
It takes a long time to gain mass in calves.
You're going to be lifting for years anyways.
So do them, so what if it takes a long time you literally have nothing better to do.
>>37869564
Who the fuck gives a shit about calves?
If you can squat and diddly 4pl8 your calves are gonna be as strong as they need to be, who cares if theyre 'big'.
>>37869564
>Is targeting calves a meme?
nah, it makes em bigger but they can only really get so toned.
It helps to lift them so you can have better strength when running or squatting.
But who does toe-ups on a fucking board with a flat bar over their knee? Is this guy from some sort of shitty gym time machine?
There is likely a hammer strength style toe up machine in your gym that has weights on a simple lever. Use that.
And resist the urge to blow out your calves the first day. You will walk around with Raptor Legs for a week and will want to die.
>>37869564
Yeah m8 the secret to big calves is never working them
constant hypertrophy is how you grow calves
https://www.t-nation.com/training/answer-for-massive-calves
>>37869682
I train my calves like this.
Three times per week at the beginning of the workout, so I don't skip them.
I alternate between standing and seated each workout.
workout A. Standing dumbbell 1 leg calf raises 3x12
workout B. Seated calf raises (like OPs photo) 3x15
>>37869592
Agreed, people who complain about their shit calves have neglected them for the first few years of lifting.
>>37869905
this is true. see how recovering fatties always have nice calves? just walking with that weight is enough to get em juicy. high reps is the answer
>>37869682
>toned
>>37870065
calves respond especially well to hypertrophy
calves are 90% genetic, training will have little/no effect on size
just push forward when you come up on squats and your calves will explode
>>37869592
lol no, just no
good calf genetics or shit calves, that's what it boils down to
>>37871122
False.
If you consistently train your calves then they will improve.
>>37869564
Are those calves in Op picture decent tier?
>>37871629
what calves?
>>37871749
>our most intelligent (...) are black
Calves DOMS is no joke senpai
>>37871629
Nope, they're average at best
>>37869682
>toned
>>37869905
I have bigger calves thanthe guy in the picture, although less toned.
And I don't train them.
>>37870047
basically goes with any body part
>>37869905
>100 reps of bodyweight exercises
this sounds stupid. is it stupid? kind of like doing 100s of crunches. would this really work better than my 10-13 reps 2-3 sets weighted standing/seated calf raises?
>>37869592
If only that were true.
Got high inserts? Enjoy shit calves.
One of the unlucky who physcially can't grow calves? Enjoy becoming a meme normies laugh at .
>hurr durr skips leg day (waht r quads??)
>>37872386
what book is that
>>37872397
probably the book by fredric delavier
google his name
>>37869564
99.99999% of people train calves wrong.
The key is to put the resistance against the contraction of the actual muscle, not the retraction of the very stretchy achilles tendon
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xMb18BuCEhE
Lee hayward is an example of somone who trains them properly.
You should watch his videos on tips and regimens for training calves.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eT7-AhYgSWs
>>37872386
>calf muscles are immune to hypertrophy
Which is why everyone with amazing calves knows how to train them properly?
Nice try, calflet.
>not training calves and glutes on leg day.
You deserve to have normies laugh at and judge you
>>37872445
>Having a leg day.
Hehe, I'm doing it!
>>37872460
>not doing a U/L/U split
Oh, so you don't want to make any gains... Gotcha gotcha
The true solution
having big calves shows youre athletic/strong, even if youre DYEL, now if youre jacked and have no calves you'll look like shit
Step and jumping rope.
1xF
Weighted exercises for calves are a meme, because the muscles are used to doing weight work every minute of the day (your bw).
>>37872432
could you go little more in depth i dont understand against the contraction not retraction?
The best routine for sikk calves is an active lifestyle supersetted with childhood obesity X 20 years or F, whichever comes first.
You'll grow them using other routines but the above is the best way to get sikk natty calves
>>37872521
Those fucking insertions
>>37872521
How long have you been doing that for anon?
>>37869564
yes squats cover all your important muscle groups don't know why you need to do calves if you already squat
>>37872559
>step
Daily stair walking (my home has stairs)
>jumping rope
A few months, I usually do them in cardio day. Usually 20 minutes of running or so followed by 200 jumps or whatever.
>>37872556
Are they bad?
>>37872589
How often do you /cardio/?
Pretty decent calves senpai
>>37872589
What's your height bb
>>37872589
>Are they bad?
No, they are extremely good, and that's the reason your calves are big. You majorly lucked out with the genetics.
>>37872609
Less than the time I invest in lifting.
I guess two hours a week?
>>37872611
Manlet desu, 170.
>>37872616
Thank you. But after I started jumping rope I really saw a difference, so it mustn't be only genetics.
>>37872589
how are you working step with stairs reps sets come one brah
>>37872635
We are about the same height and I have about the same size but your ankles are fucking thiqq. They're like 2x of mine
>>37872635
Decent senpai.
Will give the skipping rope I've neglected a go. Cheers
>>37869564
>Calf thread
MUH GENETICS!!1!
Isolating your calves? Lol, they don't grow bro.
>Fat hate
Fucking fatties and their """genetics""" lmao
>>37872650
Pic
>>37872386
No offense but you sound dyel af.
My ankle and bottom of foot always gets searing pain while doing anything calf related, even jump rope. Both with shoes and without.
Am I retarded or is there a specific form to avoid foot pain?
>>37872678
>>37872650
Thick ankles to compensate for feminine wrists.
>>37872642
I don't count them, I just do a bunch of them until I feel tired.
>>37872525
Watch the first video.
>>37869648
>What are women?
>>37869905
>In my small home gym, I have three dedicated machines for calf training: a standing calf raise unit that goes up to 600 pounds, a seated calf raise machine, and a step platform equipped with a handle for one-leg calf raises.
>small homegym
>standing calf raise unit
>seated calf raise machine
>step platform
>>37872700
>weighted dips
>>37872707
Women don't care about your calves not that you should be lifting for women summerfriend.
>>37872700
What are these?
>>37872687
You probably have plantar fasciitis
>>37872707
Yes, the diameter of your calves determine your success with women
>shit /fit/ says
>>37872711
Kek.
Literally why not do standing barbell calf raises standing on pl8s?
>>37872713
>stale memes
>>37872748
>weighted dips
>>37872751
>Yes, the diameter of your calves determine your success with women
>shit /fit/ says
/fit/ would say "success with men" you manlet homosexual
>>37872748
Infraspinatus maybe?
Thought it was rhomboids or teres, but now i am not so sure..
>>37872786
To be fair, lifting for men is at least not a meme.
>>37872789
Looks like you can see the bump on the left side here as well, if you follow the infraspinatus where it goes under the traps you can see the outline.
So that might be it.
>>37872825
yeah i believe that is part of the serratus
not rly sure on that point
>>37869564
is targeting the chest a meme?
>>37872900
Yep.
Just like spot reduction in reverse...
>>37872789
This is correct. The teres major is the bump next to the infraspinatus just above the lats. The rhomboids are covered by the trapezius and not visible.
>>37872748
It's the rhomboids
>>37871749
all this yet black people cant figure out how to stop being oppressed or even how to get to the center of a tootsie pop...
>>37871749
I have never seen a melanin enriched brother without chicken legs. There's one black guy at my gym who squats 3pl8 for reps but had calves that are as big as my forearms
>>37872933
Interesting. I guess most bodybuilders don't have visible rhomboids because of genetic differences in the muscle shape?
>>37872933
No man.
You for sure mixed teres and infraspinatus.
Also like 95% those arent rhomboids
>>37872977
the rhomboids go under your traps and help with pulling back your shoulder blades mostly, that's why you never see them
I guess here you can see a tiny part which is not under the trapezius
>>37872977
No, it's virtually impossible to develop the lats without developing the rhomboids, they play an integral part in depressing the scapula during pulling movements.
You simply can't see them most of the time because they are (mostly) underneath the trapezius.
In the picture >>37872789, you can just barely see them on the left side, the right side shows them fully
>>37873021
>mixed teres and infraspinatus
Nvm i am blind, and confused which line was pointing at which.
Still not sure if those are actually rhomboids tho...
>>37873021
Um what? Look at the diagram for longer than 2 seconds if you would.
>>37873045
Fair enough
Why do you think people who go to work by foot have bigger calves, nigga because they walk for 10-40 minutes a day. I ride my bike 30 minutes a day from school to gym, also I have to take 6 flights of stairs, up and down. My grandma's calves are huge because she's on her feet all day.
Just do calve raises every day, if you have a sitting job well, good luck faggot.
>>37871749
>[Citation Fucking Needed]
>>37873039
Well I know the muscle there is working hard in the photo of the guy doing dips, so we know the muscles involved.
From what I can see, there is clearly a border around it that separates it from the other muscles that are also working.
It's not one of the superficial muscles because all the superficial muscles are clearly defined and accounted for thanks to low bf%.
These factors and its position on the back lead me to believe that it is the rhomboid muscle.
tfw 17inch calves
never trained them
>>37872687
>>37872751
This anon is right.
I have it.
Can confirm.
Diagnosed.
Not treated, appt on the first.
>VA wait times are not a meme
