Weight Lifting Exercises for Beginners : Standing Calf Raise Weight Lifting Exercise for Beginners

[aaronracine]

great for basketball

[ThaGenius101]

Guy looks like a gay porn star.

[NamesEli]

OOO ima do this!

[bronco200005]

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[DownUnderD]

Miracle whip commercials make me hate mayonnaise .

[wlchambers]

you got some great instructional videos... just what i was loking for... short sweet and thorough... thanks for sharing

[vendla1]

could this exercise be harmful for people with flat feet?

[freud2k10]

is this exercise will develop mah vertical jump ?

so i can dunk the ball :)

[Coldod23]

thanks alot man! really great guide! helped alot!

[Elreypachuco]

A definite exercise for a beginner. These days I do these with a barbell across my shoulders loaded with 225 lbs or more as I pyramid up in weight.

I also do my 1st two sets with my toes pointed inward in order to hit the outer calf area better. A little tip I learned off of a bodybuilding magazine website.

[altroval]

People who are dissing this exercise are missing the points.

1) If you do *anything* athletic you need to have good flexibility in both dorsal and plantar flexion of the ankle

2) When you start to build general strength it is critical to do low resistance high repetition exercises, such as these to strengthen ligaments and tendons.

Those who choose to ignore these considerations can look forward to injuries when they perform more intensive strength training.

[Terrell8976]

@altroval so i'm naturaly muscular, and strong. do i just do high repetions? i wanna increase my vertical so i can dunk.

[offdaheezy503]

doing high reps of any leg excercise wont help you jump higher. do 10 solid calf raises with heavy weights if you fell the burn you are doing to many. then do plyometric training to attack the speed portion of jumping..... vertical jump = maximum force x velocity ( time in which you can apply full force).

[wetzel27]

thanks buddy

[thomas15502]

jabon9 thats dumb.. get a 45 pound plate hold it in ur right hand and get on an elevated platform and do a set of 12 of that and switch. ull feel the burn kid. i got resulrts from that. my calves are huge now

[lordOFbrooklyn]

how often do you add weight to this exercise? do you use 8-12 range?

[jabon9]

20 reps, are you crazy? thats nothing, That doesn't even make me feel a little itch. I do 100 of them. Btw i'm only 16 years old almost 17

[LuisViIIa]

Use weights then. No point in doing 100 reps. Could get better results in less time and reps if you used weights.

[blink182volcom]

i can do 150, is that good?

[blink182volcom]

150 repetitions

[geekgeneration]

might wanna add some weight and only do like 30-40 reps, i do around 200lbs. start light and work your way up. that will get you results.

[TMatt29]

most people can hit 1000

=/

[blink182volcom]

bullshit

[TMatt29]

no shit lol

[filip3220]

go to a gym do that with weights on your back i am 16 almost 17 too, i do it with about 80-110 lbs on my back 12 reps 4 sets

[anvilheaded]

babyweight, I did this shit with 750 when i lifted heavy

[shadow9Ox]

nice calfs wish they were mine

[rarezas1959]

thy could be yours , or are they yours now , 7 months is enough time to get them like that.

[ManOfMeans]

I thought this video was on how to raise my baby cows...

[maximumtravis]

I wish I knew why I found that comment so hilarious.

[flamboasting]

lol

[justchilling78]

with this training exercise how any reps do you pro's recomend as it is a small muscle ad easily over done... comment back ppl plz thx

[teeevon]

no more then 20 reps.. approx. 2 sets

[realliquidmetal]

When doing calf raises; raise your calves to the count of '1' and lower your calves to the count of '3'. If you have to lower and lift your calves suddenly through the range of motion, then you are carrying too much weight. Be careful, I screwed my Achilles tendon (serious injury - you don't want to screw with your Achilles tendons) by jolting up and jolting down instead of keeping a steady range of motion, also careful that you don't go too far down, about as much as in this video is plenty.

[Dasherflip]

that was nasty-watching the calves contract

[chaneke2487]

NICE CALFS

[tacuvo]

um, there's no sound..

[bionickid95]

turn on your speakers

[rza139]

depends what sport you train in or if one even does a sport activity.Strong calfs help stabalize the ankles from rolling or getting injured,strong quadriceps prevent knee injuries and strong hamstrings help give you kicking power.

[chezkenny]

It's better to do one at a time, but training calves is pretty useless, it's like forearms.

[XNavySealman81]

no its like trying to convince u your gay.(HARD)

[QwidgyboMan]

Lazy bastard.