Totally forgot about this when making my new routine so i am going to add them into leg day whether they be standing/seated or both. What is a good rep range for these? Is like a high say 20 rep range good for calf's? there is this one absolute beast at my gym...like he could compete in Mr. Olympia and he was doing reps of 20 on the seated/standing calf's.
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thing is tho my calf's along with the rest of my legs are genetically already pretty large...not that i care coz i would rather have a bigger upper body In that article is he says something about training both parts of your calf's and not just doing raises? what els is there besides raises???
thing is tho my calf's along with the rest of my legs are genetically already pretty large...not that i care coz i would rather have a bigger upper body In that article is he says something about training both parts of your calf's and not just doing raises? what els is there besides raises???
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From what I remember you need to do both seated and standing calf raises to hit your calves properly. You have the Soleus and the Gastrocenmius which is the bigger of the two. The Soleus is worked best when you're seated and responds to higher reps and the Gastrocenmius is worked most when your legs are straight and responds best to medium/low rep ranges.
That article Phate posted mentions the Tibialis too which I must confess to never taking into consideration before but I'll be sure to read up on it more now
That article Phate posted mentions the Tibialis too which I must confess to never taking into consideration before but I'll be sure to read up on it more now
Just new to this but I do a seated calf on the machine where your legs are usually worked in front of you and pushing forward to work your thighs and butt but I extend my legs and work my calves with my toes. Then stand on a step and raise that way 15 x3. Does that work both sets of muscles?