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16/02/2026 8:58 am
For the longest time I've considered calves to be a weak point for me. It seems that's the one muscle I have an insane amount of trouble putting mass on. What kind of calves do you guys have and what routine do you fit into legs to get them to grow? I'm not saying I've tried it all because I haven't actually tried many variances when it comes to this group. I'm just curious to see what everyone else does.
16/02/2026 9:19 am
I've always had good calves. I barely work 'em too (maybe twice a month max) with machine calf raises.
16/02/2026 9:47 am
For me, calves are like forearms. The more I target them, and the more work I do to try and make them grow, the less headway I make. The best thing I did for my calves was stop doing calf raises, and any other isolation activity. Now, I train legs twice a week, and do barbell lunges, squats, Romanian deads, and regular deads. By stabilizing myself on these heavy, compound movements, my calves have grown really nicely.
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16/02/2026 10:11 am
Also, you have some woods near where you live? Go for a nice, hilly, 1 hour walk/run through a few trails and ravines. I have gotten into this routine where I go into the hills, sight a landmark about 100-200 yards away, and blast there as fast as I can. Then I walk for a few minutes, and do it all over again. Jumping logs, rocks, and navigating off-piste terrain will grow those calves like no other. It sounds odd, but it works. This obviously doesn't apply if you are in an urban setting.
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16/02/2026 10:31 am
For me, calves are like forearms. The more I target them, and the more work I do to try and make them grow, the less headway I make. The best thing I did for my calves was stop doing calf raises, and any other isolation activity. Now, I train legs twice a week, and do barbell lunges, squats, Romanian deads, and regular deads. By stabilizing myself on these heavy, compound movements, my calves have grown really nicely.
I guess I'm a hypocrite for chastising people who target forearms and asking for advice about calves. Lol.
On another note, however, that does seem like sound advice. I can honestly say I've skipped more leg workouts than I'm proud of because for whatever reason my mind places legs at the bottom of the priority pole. Big mistake because now my legs lag behind my very well developed upper body. Secretly I'm hoping that my run of AAS will at least help me get a jump on where my legs should be at this point. Although many factors and variables play a role in the development of any and all muscle groups I still intend on holding on to the hope that this will free my legs of mediocrity.