Your calves are one muscle group that responds best to high volume and frequency when it comes to reps and sets. If you’ve been hitting your calves once a week, a good idea would be to bump it up to twice a week, doing both high and low reps, in each workout. Finish both workouts with 10 – 20 minutes of jumping rope.
A common training mistake when lifting calves is bouncing at the bottom of a calf raise, instead, take two seconds to lower your heels and then pause in the fully stretched position for at least two seconds.
This offsets the tightness that results from walking, stretching your calves, resulting in loosing up and gaining more mass. Another mistake a lot of lifters get accustomed to doing is locking out their knees, which results in the calf muscle crossing the knee joint.
Failing to bend your knees on the way down prevents it from fully stretching, which is also vital in acquiring more size. From now on, keep a slight knee bend as you lower your heels into the bottom position, then explode upward, locking out your knees in the top position.
A common training mistake when lifting calves is bouncing at the bottom of a calf raise, instead, take two seconds to lower your heels and then pause in the fully stretched position for at least two seconds.
This offsets the tightness that results from walking, stretching your calves, resulting in loosing up and gaining more mass. Another mistake a lot of lifters get accustomed to doing is locking out their knees, which results in the calf muscle crossing the knee joint.
Failing to bend your knees on the way down prevents it from fully stretching, which is also vital in acquiring more size. From now on, keep a slight knee bend as you lower your heels into the bottom position, then explode upward, locking out your knees in the top position.
