The Definitive Fitness/Aesthetics Thread

[r dub]

Yeah but if you're used to doing exercises that bear weight and force on the calf, like running, jumping, etc., using your own bodyweight isn't an unsual stress.

Eh, I won't contribute anymore.

Once again those exercises don't just use your calves. There is more than one muscle in your legs.

[breeno]

people generally dont call you out on talking shit when you're not talking shit FWIW.

[WolfGang]

Dude, up the weight!

You carry that amount of weight around on your calves every day anyway, so it's really not a stress for them. Push them harder with something heavier (like, at least 25% more than your bodyweight), and you'll see results.

In the one month that I had a gym membership (at the same World Gym, incidentally), I used to do 5 sets of 15 reps each at 240kg (which is as much as the machine could carry IIRC) on the standing calf raise. Would get tough towards the end, and burn like hell the next day, but putting your muscles under stress they're not usually under is the way to make gains.

Yeah he carries around 80kg everyday... And then he doubles it

How the fuck is that not unusual stress?

[r dub]

[Damon_3388]

Once again those exercises don't just use your calves. There is more than one muscle in your legs.

I know that upper legs play just as big a part in movement, but downward force etc. (when taking off and landing when running and jumping) puts poundages and stress through all parts of your legs that are far greater than your bodyweight, so just your bodyweight wouldn't be (or at least shouldn't be) an unusual or especially difficult stress for your calves to manage to lift.

Yeah he carries around 80kg everyday... And then he doubles it

How the fuck is that not unusual stress?

He wasn't doubling it though. He said he was doing 80-90kg on the calf raise. Unless he weighs 45kg, that's not doubling anything.

people generally dont call you out on talking shit when you're not talking shit FWIW.

Short of going to a gym right now and showing everyone you can do it, what proof does anyone here have that they can lift the numbers they claim to? Again, not sure what motives I'd have to lie to complete strangers on the Internet. My life isn't that meaningless.

[Triptanes]

Maybe dat rash gives you extra lifting power.

[yeah_nah]

240kg, bitches!

[Ball So Hard]

He wasn't doubling it though. He said he was doing 80-90kg on the calf raise. Unless he weighs 45kg, that's not doubling anything.

You still raise your body weight + weights.

[breeno]

Short of going to a gym right now and showing everyone you can do it, what proof does anyone here have that they can lift the numbers they claim to? Again, not sure what motives I'd have to lie to complete strangers on the Internet. My life isn't that meaningless.

Most people don't post ridiculous numbers which invoke skepticism tho

[Deebz]

Short of going to a gym right now and showing everyone you can do it, what proof does anyone here have that they can lift the numbers they claim to?

I train with Crosby2Malkin and I have trained with Demba Ba. If I started claiming I could bench 100kg to 12 reps, I'm pretty sure I'd get called out for it.

[Ball So Hard]

Also, others that have claimed decent lifts have posted pics a proof of their size* to make it more believable.

*no homo

[jocstrap]

240 kilo?!
There are juiced up powerlifters at my gym that struggle through 5x15 at 200!

You sure the weights weren't in lbs? I'd find 5x15 @ 110kg a bit more believable... tough tho

[Deebz]

At this gym (same one I go to) the plates are in kg, barbell's and dumbbell's are lbs.

[jocstrap]

At this gym (same one I go to) the plates are in kg, barbell's and dumbbell's are lbs.

What units are the machines in?

[Deebz]

What units are the machines in?

I'm going to assume lbs.