calves

A stringy, teenage guy approached me at the gym yesterday. While he may not have had a tripod with him, he definitely belonged to that social media-dependent crowd. He was polite, calling me “sir”—a common courtesy here in the South—and said, “You have the most detailed calves I’ve ever seen in...

Alex Roberts How to Get Bigger Calves What's the most common leg day mistake? Most of us gym rats don't hit calves, or if we do our calf workout lacks intensity. When we think about leg day, we think about squats, deadlifts, leg presses, or leg extensions. We want those big, toned quadriceps...

Alex Roberts Build Bigger Calves With This Systematic, Can't Fail Workout Calf training is hard. Really hard. High rep, low rep, heavy weights, volume, range of motion, tempo, frequency! You've tried it all, but are your calves growing? There are many myths and legends when it comes to the...

Have you ever been stopped in the gym and asked to flex your calves? No? I'll predict it's because of two possible reasons: You're calves suck (that's not a knock, just the cold, hard truth) or people just don't care about calf training. Whichever one it is, one thing is true: you wouldn't be...

Calf training is hard. Really hard. High rep, low rep, heavy weights, volume, range of motion, tempo, frequency! You've tried it all, but are your calves growing? There are many myths and legends when it comes to the ?secret? to building bigger calves. First off, some facts. The calves are...

Okay, so you've pretty much figured out how to gain muscle on your upper body, quads and hams but what about those two underpins called calves? How are they stacking up in proportion to the rest of your body? Do you look like a candy apple? How about a team mascot with no pants? Calves are the...

So you got some weak calves, bro. The good news is, donkey calf raises may be the answer to your lagging calves. Before we jump into what donkey calf raises are, let’s go over the fundamentals of how the calf works and what they respond do in regards to trying to grow them. How the Calf Works...

by TC Luoma Multiple studies indicate that there's a correlation between the size of your calves and your mortality. For real. I haven’t done much direct work for my calves for years. It’s not because they were naturally big and didn’t need it. Far from it. Training them was just so…...

Jeff Seid is a model, social media influencer, and most recently became the 2024 Natural Olympia champion in the Men’s Physique division. Here, the man himself explains how the “King of Aesthetics” gets his week started right; by building his triceps, chest, and calves. Jeff Seid’s workout is...

How to Build Bigger, Stronger Calves Your genetics might stink, but there's still a way to gain size and look impressive in shorts. Follow these rules. Want big calves? There are six rules that'll help you get them. But first, let's look at a great exercise that illustrates many of the...

Are growing calves harder than pregnancy? Lol

The Luke Sauder Calf Routine Perhaps you should stop watching the lithe, supple bodies of young women floating along the ice as their tiny skirts are buoyed upwards by gentle drafts, their budding young breasts delineated by? Oh, sorry. I digress. My point is, working calves involves all the...

How to Build Bigger, Stronger Calves Your genetics might stink, but there's still a way to gain size and look impressive in shorts. Follow these rules. Want big calves? There are six rules that'll help you get them. But first, let's look at a great exercise that illustrates many of the...

by Andreas Abelsson Key Points: The calves are often stubborn and refuse to grow, with some people claiming that the size of your calves is determined solely by genetics. A new study compared a different number of weekly sets of calf training: low (6 sets), moderate (9 sets), and high (12...

We can separate people into two categories in the gym. No, not the dedicated versus the lazy. I am talking about those with genetically blessed calves versus guys with toddler calves. You know exactly what I mean. We all know people who walk around with the perfect De Beers diamonds hanging off...

This story has been told a few thousand times, but we’ll go again. In his bodybuilding heyday, Arnold Schwarzenegger was so embarrassed by the size of his calves that he cut off all his training pants at the knees (or maybe he just wore shorts) to shame himself into calf training. History tells...

When it comes to training calves, most people leave room on the table in terms of hypertrophy. I'll be the first to admit that the lower legs seem to be the most "genetically influenced" muscle group in that some individuals don't do squat (pun intended) and have great calves, while others...

Calves are the hardest muscle group to transform. Historically, humans had to walk for hours each day. The ankle joint is primarily solicited during that action. If all the effort of propelling your body was provided by a muscular effort of the calves, they'd tire out too fast. That's why the...

The calf muscles are neglected by many gym-goers, and those who do train their calves seem to treat them like a "cool down" after annihilating every other muscle in their legs. It’s no surprise that people often complain they can't get their calves to grow. The reality is they just don’t put...

Not everyone has bodybuilder-size calves—this writer sadly included. But if your calves need growth, you can still do what Arnold Schwarzenegger once did: Work on them—daily if necessary. You can begin your quest for quality calves by trying out some of the moves below—hurry, because shorts...