When Was The Last Time You Worked Out At The Gym

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Dznts

lol.. i see it alot as well.

Maybe I should start going to the gym I can use a good chuckle now and then

[Dznts]

Originally Posted by CFD

Maybe I should start going to the gym I can use a good chuckle now and then

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by CFD

That's like putting skinnies on the back of your Camaro.

Nice one.

[WheelmanSS]

I dunno. I'm not buying into this whole "proportionate calf" paradox for lifters. Like CFD said, it depends on a persons overall leg size and composition.

It's like insulting someone's the size of someone's wrist. You can't really do much about it.

[416Camaro]

Originally Posted by CFD

That's like putting skinnies on the back of your Camaro.

[416Camaro]

Originally Posted by WheelmanSS

I dunno. I'm not buying into this whole "proportionate calf" paradox for lifters. Like CFD said, it depends on a persons overall leg size and composition.

It's like insulting someone's the size of someone's wrist. You can't really do much about it.

couple things he/she could do: Squats, calf raises holding weights by your sides, Lunges < killer, and increasing actual calorie intake; Which I think would be very important to increase the mass on legs at least by 500 calories extra. Those skinny legs should look like they belong in no time.

[416Camaro]

Originally Posted by CFD

I think most athletes and lifters have smaller calves than what some would think proportionate, reason being because of the shape of the muscle and the composition of the lower part of the leg itself. Usually fat is stored in other places before the lower leg so even when not totally ripped the lower leg is mostly bone and lean tissue and because there is no muscle there other than the calves you don't get that big look like with arms where you have bicepts and tricepts to make up total size. When working calves they must be worked with more weight AND reps combined to push them far enough beyond their everyday use to promote growth. Normally I am a big fan of compound lift and think it builds strength in the calves but to gain size it is one area where isolation lifts are beneficial.

wELL SAID!

[WheelmanSS]

Originally Posted by 416Camaro

couple things he/she could do: Squats, calf raises holding weights by your sides, Lunges < killer, and increasing actual calorie intake; Which I think would be very important to increase the mass on legs at least by 500 calories extra. Those skinny legs should look like they belong in no time.

/shrug. I guess. To me this whole debate is rather laughable. I am around a lot of educated people in the fitness world on a daily basis (hell, my GF is a kinesiologist) and they all gave me funny looks about a discussion regarding "getting bigger calves". It really is a pointless endeavour. Time can be better spent elsewhere.

Squats are an outstanding execise, top 5 in my opinion. However they little for your calves. They work hams/quads, your gluts, your core/erector spinae.

Calf raises? Again, silly stuff. Some isolation exercises are mostly pointless. This is one of them. If you're a professional body builder, have at it. Calf raises will contribute pretty much nothing to performance. You are on your calves all day long, so they are always in use. Unless you are busting out ridiculous weight on them (again, pointless) you are probably going to make them even leaner doing raises. You would have to do like 1RM-3RM on some insane amount of weight to increase the mass.

Lunges, again an outstanding exercise, is going to do little for your calves, unless you're doing them wrong lol.

Calorie intake? uh what? Adding 500 calories to your diet is absolutely not going to go directly to your legs and calves. That is absolutely ludicrous logic.

[Dznts]

Originally Posted by WheelmanSS

Squats are an outstanding execise, top 5 in my opinion. However they little for your calves. They work hams/quads, your gluts, your core/erector spinae.

Lunges, again an outstanding exercise, is going to do little for your calves, unless you're doing them wrong lol.

Calorie intake? uh what? Adding 500 calories to your diet is absolutely not going to go directly to your legs and calves. That is absolutely ludicrous logic.

[CFD]

The calves, as mentioned, are used continuously during every day activities and are also used in lifts usually associated with heavy weight loads such as squats and deads and are also used in most exercises, even in bench exercises, this is one of the reasons they can be exceptionally strong without necessarilly being "big". To gain size in the calves isolation exercises such as calf raises are very useful. When doing other exercises, squats for example you are working your calves but not beyond their everyday useage and range of motion in relationship to the weight load because your calves are not directly supporting weight. If you are somehow targeting your calves during these lifts you are not doing them right, your feet should be flat on the floor and driving through your heals.When doing calf raises you should be doing them with your toes above your heels, this way you are incorporating muscle fibers which are not generally used to lift weight, when raising the weight from the ball of your foot, you are forcing these muscle fibers to engage both on the negative and possitive and frorcing them to directly lift the weight. Again, where they are always used, doing calf raises at the end of the workout when they have already been used to what would be their normal threashold,you are are pushing them beyond, and this is when muscle size can be increased but because of this you must push them hard using as much weight as will allow a significant rep count, easily 20-50. This is why when you see guys trying to increase calve size they seem to do endless calf raises. Is it useful? yes if you want size, you will make them stronger but doing compound exercises will do that as well so if you want size do calf raises.

[416Camaro]

Calorie intake? uh what? Adding 500 calories to your diet is absolutely not going to go directly to your legs and calves. That is absolutely ludicrous logic. @WheelmanSS

It won't your right.... but since your eating more calories there is a better chance of increasing mass on your legs when doing the above workouts. My logic is undeniable <

[WheelmanSS]

Tried a new workout with some of the high-level guys at my gym, we are trying to beat each others time for the following:

5 Rep Power Cleans
10 Rep Bench Press
10 Rep Deadlift
10 Rep Pull-ups
10 Rep Squats

x5 sets. Weight for all lifts at 135 lbs. Count time when you hit stop on the timer.

Last night I pulled 18 minutes, 18.27 seconds. Pretty solid effort. I'm about 45 seconds off the best time at our gym.

[Dznts]

Originally Posted by WheelmanSS

Tried a new workout with some of the high-level guys at my gym, we are trying to beat each others time for the following:

5 Rep Power Cleans
10 Rep Bench Press
10 Rep Deadlift
10 Rep Pull-ups
10 Rep Squats

x5 sets. Weight for all lifts at 135 lbs. Count time when you hit stop on the timer.

Last night I pulled 18 minutes, 18.27 seconds. Pretty solid effort. I'm about 45 seconds off the best time at our gym.

nice

[Dznts]

back and shoulders tonight! hoping to set a new PR for squat for myself next tuesday