gym rat

right guys done this routine 3days ago and i still cannot put my feet flat on the ground, its basically two sets of 90 reps using a standing calf raise machine,
start by doing 30 reps with 80kg of weight or a weight which is barely managable for 30reps, then straight away do 30reps on the platform with your body weight then do another 30 raises standing on the floor(again using body weight) holding the wall, im telling you guys this ****ing killed me, give it a try and i swear you'll not walk for a week, takes all but five minutes to complete aswell, the guy that put me through it says to do 3sets but i was barely capable of finishing the second set.
if you try it post your comments up here

irwit

Sounds good, I never really get doms in my calfs unless I go running so this should be interesting.

gym rat

my doms have just about left dude, it really does kill your calfs, if there is no standing calf raise machine, holding dumbells and doing it on a step would work just aswell imo

paulo

but does it make them grow

gym rat

try and find out for yourself

irwit

Well I dont know if it makes them ghrow but you definately know youve worked them out which I usually never get unless Ive been running. I only managed 1 set aswell !!!

The first 30 on teh machine I had to stop at 15 and have a 30 second rest. Then on bodyweight ons I had a 20 second rest inbetween, I was ok with just raising body weight stood up.

Overall cracking routine, I will be using this one from now on and trying to up the sets and weight

irwit

3 days of doms from that mate!

gym rat

haha nice one irwit, told ya it would kill, next time dont have a rest between the different lifts, your calfs will feel like there going to explode

crazycacti

used to do something very similar that was given to many on the board by flex lewis...

15 reps on Standing Calf Machine
15 reps from a plate on the floor - body weight
15 reps from the floor - body weight

all this 3 times - you can't walk for 3 days at least the 1st time after doing this - i always swear like buggery doing this and i know its going to hurt getting up in the morning after doing this and having to walk round on my tip toes for the first hour of the day, but in some kind of masochistic way, i always looked forward to it - same with any kind of leg supersets :s

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ghostdog

Cor that's evil!

I do much the same as crazy cacti... I alternate though with toes in one session, toes out the next and so on.

Whilst waiting for each other to finish our sets we try bouncing on the spot too, though not bloody often as some sessions it's too much.

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Clydefrog

Yeah, I include this, too. Flex performs them half way through this video...

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fits...0/week30wm.htm

pecman

I do something similar i call them 75's,
You select a weight that takes you to failure at about 20reps then step of the standing raise shake of ya calfs for no more than about 7 secs and get under there again and go too failure you will only get to about 10 reps,Then repeat shake out and back on it you go until you reach 75 reps,
You will get less and less reps each time and i promiss you your calfs will grow like never before!!!

After some time you get to 75 reps fairly easy, up the weight slightly.Out of all my years training this was the best advive i think i ever got,And like Gym rat stated it only takes 1 set yes thats 1 set!!

Only if this worked for all the body parts,Forget the weight and get repping