If you get to the point where your calves can’t possibly do another rep on a heavier set, try just doing partial reps. Keep the heavy weight on and just move your calves up and down as much as possible. When your calves are really tired, you might not get a lot of movement, but you’ll certainly feel the burn! This helps you to keep intense stress on your calves at the end of a workout when using heavy sets.
The calf muscles can usually be trained more frequently than some of your other muscle groups because they heal more quickly. But it is still possible to over train your calves. Just make sure that they are getting enough rest between workouts and you should be fine.
As a parting tip, be sure to never do your calf exercises before you do a heavy leg workout. The calves aren’t heavily worked when you do exercises like squats or leg presses, but they do act as important stabilizer muscles. Don’t do these heavy exercises with wobbly calves, because you’ll find that you get less out of your leg workout than you are probably hoping for. Be sure and train your calves after your upper legs or on a different day.
If you’re like most people out there, your calves will take longer to see results than your other muscle groups. But having a set of ripped up, diamond shaped calves will be well worth the effort you put into it.
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