Calf raises everyday - be more crammy

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Ness 14 Jan 7:17pm, 14 Jan 2022 19073 posts	0 Ness 500 is a huge number! I currently only do calf raises once a week. Three sets of thirty. Weighted ones after seeing this video... https://youtu.be/_iYwv4QVFjM I use 10 kilo dumbbells. Maybe I should try to fit them into my weight training schedule more often.
EvilPixie 14 Jan 7:32pm, 14 Jan 2022 30317 posts	0 EvilPixie Another book I bought but haven’t read yet! Should do these too
Autumnleaves 14 Jan 7:34pm, 14 Jan 2022 17704 posts	0 Autumnleaves I like calf raises. Used to do some every day as part of my morning yoga routine but currently doing YWA so not ATM.
Bowman 🇸🇪 15 Jan 11:45am, 15 Jan 2022 804 posts	0 Bowman 🇸🇪 Welshpoppy have you found that calf raises remedy sore Achilles’ tendons? Mine are pretty much sore all the time for me, but rest nor harder training doesn’t change the feeling. Anyone else that has any thought about this?
Welshpoppy 15 Jan 7:07pm, 15 Jan 2022 1774 posts	0 Welshpoppy Oh yes I have a full rupture to Achilles I use weights and 50 per day it helps with flare up. I have a list of exercises from physio.
Dvorak 15 Jan 11:27pm, 15 Jan 2022 24220 posts	0 Dvorak Shouldn't the title be: "Be more crampy"? Actually, I've been using the calf raise machine in the gym. Properly, I hope - I see so much bad form! And I get a solid cord of I presume muscle down the outside of the calf - not sure this is a good thing. And I possibly have too much calf anyway.
HappyG(rrr) 16 Jan 9:22pm, 16 Jan 2022 40961 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Don't want to be pedantic but I think it's heel drops (the opposite movement to calf raises) for Achilles, isn't it? I try to do 3 x 15 each leg 3 x per week, just partif general S n C. No idea if they actually help. G

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Reading Paul Hobroughs book the runner’s expert guide to stretching in the section on calf raises he mentions a young Steve Cram would do 500 calf raises everyday

Been doing 3 sets of 15 each leg

Just like the press-up thread anyone else wanting to give it a go
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