Urgent help needed to build calfs

COLOURDROP

Hello,

Ive been body building for nearly a year now and have used various exercises on my calfs e.g, calf raises, seated calf raises, squats, lunges, however my legs seem to have gone thinner more than anything and im desperate to build my legs up, can anyone help ? Is fast sprints any good?

Many thanks

crazycal1

hmm if your calves are actually getting thinner i cant think of anything other than that youre overtraining them or maybe too higha rep count and not enuff weight.

my calves are sh1te too
theyll never be great-genetics....
ive found deadlifts/squats do help tho for general thickening.
i`d stick with standing single leg calf raises and donkey raises(where you`re bent over)
10-15 reps and whilst keeping good form concentrate on adding maybe only 1-5 lb`s a week EVERY week and stick with it.
i read an article way back when about arnies calves and how he built them up(cos his were sh1t too)
i think he said it took him over 500 hours to build them

einsteins mind was the key to all things...to understand more than to know.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk

Tall

When you say they have gone thinner... Have they lost fat or muscle?

shamrock

ive no idea how they got thinner. did you start out to cut up or just plain bulking. are you eating propely.
id imagine if you are losing size then your either not eating enough calories to build the muscle or your over-training.

calfs seem to be alot of peoples weak points.
im genetically blessed with calfs. 17 inch calfs is my natural measurment, i think they are 18 inch now.

its hard to pin point whats causing ur problem if we dont know ur goals and what you started out as.

Tall

Show us your Calfs shammy!

crazycal1

git!

still sh1te calves and 6 pacs do go together

einsteins mind was the key to all things...to understand more than to know.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk

bulldozer

IMO if you wanna put 2 inches on your calfs your gonna have to increase overall bodyweight by 20 lbs or so. Unless they have been seriously undertrained for a long period of time your not just gonna magically put 2 inches on them without an increase in overall weight/ size. Once again IMO.

stumpy

Same as Shammy, the only things I have that seem to have any moderate strength are my legs, calves included. Calves are 17" and the only thing I use to train them directly (other than leg press / squats) are standing calve raises at 200k for 3 sets.