The GREATEST Calves exercise there is, was, & ever will be: - Use 45° or Horizontal Leg Press - Straight basically locked knees/legs - 3-5 second pause in the BOTTOM stretched (dorsiflexed) position on EVERY rep - Raise only to NEUTRAL foot - 5-10ish reps 2-3 sets, 2-3x a week

I see your leg press calf raise and raise you one Atlantis Seated Calf Press, sir.

Seated disadvantages the gastroc I wouldn’t bother with it (I have this machine @ my gym)

calves are genetic. as proven in this video

Every muscle group is bound by genetics To act as though you can’t improve your calves over baseline is fucking retarded

i mean whoever is doing this leg exercise has zero calves and it looks like they know what they are doing

Nobody’s calves are going to look favorable from this vantage point lmfao And regardless, your take of “calves are all genetic” is still retarded

Yessir

Why only raise to neutral position?

It appears the calves experience low levels of voluntary activation when in the plantar flexed position It is likely they do benefit a ton from the passive tension experienced in the stretched (dorsiflexed) position however

Well you better be working hard if you’re hogging the leg press.

People who have built calves better than this, used traditional machines/techniques. So, stop saying this is the best / greatest. You are One such tweet away from getting unfollowed. Show some respect to others.

Before building my home gym, I used to do these between my leg press sets. Not changing the weight.

Tough to get a good , confident grip. Always feel like foot is going to slide off the bottom .

You need grippy shoes and a good platform

Is this like a new thing? I've been doing this for years, and I see people doing it all the time. I agree, it's awesome. But this has been a staple by gym goers for a long time I feel like.

I would bet less than 1% of gym goers execute like this

I'll give you that, the toes coming off the plate is a new wrinkle I'll try out. But my calves are full grown cows already 😂

What is your opinion on this machine?

Calves grow when you respect the stretch, not ego

Better to do one legged? One footed? After an Achilles tear and repair, one of my calves dominates the other (the leg with the legacy Achilles injury).

Yeah this is how I finally grew my calves. bonus is that I don’t have to leave the leg press on leg press day

What if your gym's leg press doesn't have that gap at the bottom of the plate for your heels to hang off of? Options?

Can you tell me why only to neutral, please? And what other exercises for calf growth? I look like I have strings as legs 🤣 Not quite that bad , but I would like to increase them of course

See below This exercise is all you need for calves

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That long pause in the stretched position is what most people skip. It removes the bounce, keeps the load honest, and makes lighter weight work a lot harder.

Problem is you need a lot of weight though

Single leg solves this