Calf Raise Machine
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 Body Solid GSCR349 Seated Calf Raise Machine  US $430.00
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 Body Solid Seated Calf Raise Machine US $569.00
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 BodySolid Seated Calf Raise Machine GSCR349 NEW US $488.00
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 BodySolid Leverage Squat Calf Raise Machine GSCL360 NEW US $657.00
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Calves are a tough body-part to trigger a training response from. Some people just seem to have it. They have huge, muscular calves without spending much time on their calf workouts at all. Others spend countless hours performing thousands of calf raises and barely get any results. Unfortunately for me, I'm the second guy. It's tough to get my calves to respond no matter how intense my calf workouts are.
I've had to do a lot of research and experimentation to find a calf workout that would somehow counteract my genetic shortcomings. I've created and tested all sorts of calf workouts. Most of them don't work; however, this one actually does. Before we get into it, let's first examine the genetic makeup of your calves so you'll have a better understanding as to why the calf workout is designed the way it is.
The two main muscles that make up the calves are the solius and the gastrocnemius. The solius is made up of primarily slow twitch muscle fibers while the gastrocnemius consists of primarily fast twitch fibers. Slow twitch fibers have less potential to hypertrophy (enlarge) and are best suited for endurance. Fast twitch fibers on the other hand, are best suited for explosive movements and heavy lifting. The loading parameters utilized in your calf workouts should be based on fiber type distribution.
The 2 most common exercises that people implement into their calf workouts are the seated and standing calf raises. The standing version is done with either a piece of stationary equipment, the smith machine or simply without any external resistance beyond your own body-weight.
When performing the seated version, you're working primarily the solius; which as you recall, has a slow twitch fiber make up. As your leg is extended, the gastrocnemius comes into play. Since the gastrocnemius has a higher distribution of fast twitch fibers, it comes to no surprise that you're able to lift quite a lot of weight on the standing extensions.
Anyway, without further ado, here's the best calf workout out of all the calf workouts I've tried.
Standing Calf Press (machine)
4 sets
8 reps
90sec. rest
Standing Smith Machine Raises (on step)
4 sets
10-12 reps
60sec. rest
Seated Calf Raises
4 sets
50 seconds each (drop sets)
30sec. rest
You'll notice that the calf workout finishes with timed sets rather than a specific amount of repetitions. I find that extended time under tension (T.U.T) is a great way to finish off my calf workouts as (mentioned above), the seated raises target the solius, which has a higher slow twitch fiber-type distribution.
So give that calf workout a try and experiment with some calf workouts of your own. What works for some, may not always work for others so play around and find what works for YOU.
For videos and specific step-by-step instructions on how to perform a variety of calf exercises, just click below..
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