Calves are a similar muscle to that which is in the forearm and they both are very dense muscle tissues. I used to have problem calves but found that intense 20 reps sets built them nicely.
Currently this is working great on standing raises. I perform 10 reps to failure with a heavy weight (making sure I get the full range of motion and stretch at the bottom) and when I reach failure I continue to 20 using my own bodyweight.
Your quads however are different. Personally I find that heavy 6-8 rep sets have built my legs really well. When I competed at the beginning of this month I had the biggest legs there (easily), but to add that cut and definition I need to lighten the weight (which I will do for my next cutting). Some respond different, as I said, to different rep ranges on different bodyparts. At my best so far I squatted 430lb (maybe 450, cant remember) for 8-10 reps. Its down to about 400 for 6-8 at the moment as I'm just going back to bulking.
Play around with your reps/sets and see what works for you
J
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