Help. My gym has no standing calf raise machine

[desibaba]

I recently moved to a new area and sadly the 24 hr fitness i go to has hundreds of cardio machine but not one single fucking standing calf raise machine. It has a seated one and one leg press kind of device while you can work the calves with the leg straight but thats it. What are my options? I need to being up my calves and this is just fucked up that they have so many cardio machines but not one basic standing calf raise one

[buster12]

use seated calve raise. I'm pretty sure you'll live....

[red barraca]

do them on smith machine

[MichaelWayne]

Grab a heavy DB, find something that is at least a couple inches off the ground, stand like a pelican and rep that shit out for as many as you can on each leg.

[desibaba]

use seated calve raise. I'm pretty sure you'll live....
it would only work the soleus. The gastrocnemius is worked primarily when the leg is in a straight position. Not bent at the knee.

[desibaba]

do them on smith machine
and stand on what? a couple of 45lb plates so my toes my higher than the ground? Might work though

[red barraca]

git 2 chicks sit on your back and old-school a shit out of it

[red barraca]

and stand on what? a couple of 45lb plates so my toes my higher than the ground? Might work though

two plates or a 2'4'' piece of wood

[Wheels]

2'4'' piece of wood

Aye, my gym has a wooden box type platform that I take over to the Smith Machine for calf raises, works great.

If you don't have something like that at your disposal, then just use a leg press, you'll still be working the gastrocenimus.

[Manavs]

Aye, my gym has a wooden box type platform that I take over to the Smith Machine for calf raises, works great.

If you don't have something like that at your disposal, then just use a leg press, you'll still be working the gastrocenimus.

Ditto

[mdvsony]

another option is to use the leg press machine and do toe presses?

if your adament on standing, perhaps locate a set of steps and hold the d/b's.

[bigtimektz]

The Smith machine will work fine. Set a plate or two down, put the bar on your shoulders and do them like you would standing calf raises.

[buster12]

it would only work the soleus. The gastrocnemius is worked primarily when the leg is in a straight position. Not bent at the knee.
lol. I dont need an atonomy lesson, but thankyou. Im well aware of this. I was just trying to be a dick. I dint think a whole thread needed to be dedicated to something that could be cured by using ones eyes. lol. srry:D

[bigtimektz]

lol. I dont need an atonomy lesson, but thankyou. Im well aware of this. I was just trying to be a dick. I dint think a whole thread needed to be dedicated to something that could be cured by using ones eyes. lol. srry:D

How dare you sir. You should be sorry.

[buster12]

How dare you sir. You should be sorry.
maybe its just because our calve workouts hurt like hell, that I just cant stand to think about calves anymore...:D

[bigtimektz]

I hear you on that one.

[Diggy]

maybe its just because our calve workouts hurt like hell, that I just cant stand to think about calves anymore...:D


This is the worst body part IMO in terms of soreness. My legs feel like they are locked up for days after a calf workout.....especially after a lay off

[buster12]

This is the worst body part IMO in terms of soreness. My legs feel like they are locked up for days after a calf workout.....especially after a lay off
The DC calve method hurts like shit...lol. but then again, they all do. lol

[mdvsony]

This is the worst body part IMO in terms of soreness. My legs feel like they are locked up for days after a calf workout.....especially after a lay off


try hitting a rear double bi or rear lat spread a few days after calves..i cramp up like crazy...

[txmuscle]

The DC calve method hurts like shit...lol. but then again, they all do. lol

haha this is true! I didn't think calves could be so sore until i did them the DC way.

[Sledge]

Donkey calf raises

[anthony1992]

do them on smith machine

X2.

[BigJD69]

My Gym doesn't have one either. I use the hack squat machine to train my calves.

[Womanthrower]

Grab a heavy DB, find something that is at least a couple inches off the ground, stand like a pelican and rep that shit out for as many as you can on each leg.
Amen. That's pretty much the best thing you can do for your calves.

[The Celt]

Grab a heavy DB, find something that is at least a couple inches off the ground, stand like a pelican and rep that shit out for as many as you can on each leg.

Don't you mean kill that shit...bro?;)

[The Celt]

Leg press machine works good or load the barbell up for squats and just do raises w/ it to failure...

[anthony1992]

and stand on what? a couple of 45lb plates so my toes my higher than the ground? Might work though

I like useing 25lb plates better

[MichaelWayne]

Don't you mean kill that shit...bro?;)

Wish he was here...ho hum.

back to calves. After doing as many as you can we each leg, drop the DB and go for broke with both legs. Thats my routine as of late, 3 supersets, one with toes in, out, straight.