How To Get Bigger Calves - Seated Calf Raise Variations (EXTREME SOLEUS WORKOUT)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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People don't realize why the soleus is more important to train.
1. For the vast majority of the people, their gastroc is already maxed out from walking, running, etc. While the soleus is underutilized.
2. The Gastroc is like a cherry on top, while the soleus is much longer and wider and covers most of the lower leg. And when the soleus grows, it pushes the gastrocnemius out and back.
3. Because the soleus is to under trained, it has more space to grow than the gastroc.
Don't believe me? Just look at the cross section of the lower leg as well as the musculature of the lower leg from the back. The gastroc is tiny compared to the soleus.
So do you seated calf work to better emphasize on the soleus.
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People don't realize why the soleus is more important to train.
1. For the vast majority of the people, their gastroc is already maxed out from walking, running, etc. While the soleus is underutilized.
2. The Gastroc is like a cherry on top, while the soleus is much longer and wider and covers most of the lower leg. And when the soleus grows, it pushes the gastrocnemius out and back.
3. Because the soleus is to under trained, it has more space to grow than the gastroc.
Don't believe me? Just look at the cross section of the lower leg as well as the musculature of the lower leg from the back. The gastroc is tiny compared to the soleus.
So do you seated calf work to better emphasize on the soleus.
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- Ryan Humiston, just because we appreciate you not wasting time talking about matters irrelevant to the video subject, you don't have to speak way too fast. Add a minute to your video and speak slower and more articulately. A 5mn video is not that much longer than a 4mn one. You talk as if you're being escorted out of a courthouse while you're trying to plead your innocence to the judge. If I don't get everything you're saying, I am gonna rewind the video time and again till I understand you. By then a 4mn video becomes an 8mn video.
Apart from that, I appreciate your good work.
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- Ryan Humiston, just because we appreciate you not wasting time talking about matters irrelevant to the video subject, you don't have to speak way too fast. Add a minute to your video and speak slower and more articulately. A 5mn video is not that much longer than a 4mn one. You talk as if you're being escorted out of a courthouse while you're trying to plead your innocence to the judge. If I don't get everything you're saying, I am gonna rewind the video time and again till I understand you. By then a 4mn video becomes an 8mn video.
Apart from that, I appreciate your good work.
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Bacawaka
I like to super set seated calf raises with standing single leg calf raises. I also like doing standing calf raises using a Smith machine since I get a lot of force production. Another tip is riding a heavy mountain bike in low gear, on your balls of the feet, for many miles at a time tends blow up your calves. Granted I am blessed with 18- calves at a average 5'9- height.
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I like to super set seated calf raises with standing single leg calf raises. I also like doing standing calf raises using a Smith machine since I get a lot of force production. Another tip is riding a heavy mountain bike in low gear, on your balls of the feet, for many miles at a time tends blow up your calves. Granted I am blessed with 18- calves at a average 5'9- height.
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These last 2 months I-ve really pounded the legs. Squats twice a week. I-m hammering my calves 4 to 5 days a week. I-ve got chicken legs and my calves have no genetic quality. Cursed with the high (sprinter) calves.
I really enjoy these videos on leg development. Thank you. I do feel I-m making progress. Let-s see what 1 year does.
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These last 2 months I-ve really pounded the legs. Squats twice a week. I-m hammering my calves 4 to 5 days a week. I-ve got chicken legs and my calves have no genetic quality. Cursed with the high (sprinter) calves.
I really enjoy these videos on leg development. Thank you. I do feel I-m making progress. Let-s see what 1 year does.
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Frosty
I was training calves this way and a gym buddy tells me after that some douche was trying to make fun of the way I was training. He was actually questioning the slow TUT, thinking I had no clue.
Seated calf raises FTW, gastroc and tibia anterior burnouts included. :) Don't ignore that anterior my dudes!
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I was training calves this way and a gym buddy tells me after that some douche was trying to make fun of the way I was training. He was actually questioning the slow TUT, thinking I had no clue.
Seated calf raises FTW, gastroc and tibia anterior burnouts included. :) Don't ignore that anterior my dudes!
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Alfred
Ryan, is there a way we can get the benefits of a seated calf raise without access to the machine? I tried laying a barbell across my knees while seated on a bench, but I didn-t have enough weight to feel resistance when I raised up on my toes.
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Ryan, is there a way we can get the benefits of a seated calf raise without access to the machine? I tried laying a barbell across my knees while seated on a bench, but I didn-t have enough weight to feel resistance when I raised up on my toes.
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MrKratosin
Fore arms, man i love your videos, i from brazil
And i love your workout
but bigger videos be great!
thanks for the -
knowledge
and put on descrition
the workout two! is helpfull
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Fore arms, man i love your videos, i from brazil
And i love your workout
but bigger videos be great!
thanks for the -
knowledge
and put on descrition
the workout two! is helpfull
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tjbay13
For those of us who dont have access to the calf machine. do single leg donkey raises on a step or make a simple calf block out of wood. Use a dumbell or better yet a plate with hand grip.
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For those of us who dont have access to the calf machine. do single leg donkey raises on a step or make a simple calf block out of wood. Use a dumbell or better yet a plate with hand grip.
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AlexADalton
Dude is a beast, and very helpful. I started to use this machine with high reps like he's indicating, after every workout and I saw noticeable difference in the size of my calves.
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Dude is a beast, and very helpful. I started to use this machine with high reps like he's indicating, after every workout and I saw noticeable difference in the size of my calves.
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Clark
I am one of those that has huge calves always have.
Jump rope was shrinking them so I think I may just take the first two of your tips.
Does that make sense to you?
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I am one of those that has huge calves always have.
Jump rope was shrinking them so I think I may just take the first two of your tips.
Does that make sense to you?
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