***TIMESTAMPS*** What are YOUR favourite 2 exercises for Calves? Drop a comment below to let me know! Hope you all have enjoyed this 2 exercise series as much as I've enjoyed creating it. What do you guys want to see next on this channel? 00:40 - Are Calves all about Genetics? 03:07 - How to Filter Through the Noise on Social Media 06:22 - Exercise Number 1 09:55 - Exercise Number 2
My 2 favorites are the single leg calf raise and a calf press, I might just add an exercise for the tibialis after seeing this though. And I hope you actually continue this series. I wanna see your top 2s for upper traps and obliques, maybe serratus too.
I bought a spinning calf block by Stewart innovations (which can be found on amazon or google) and I like to use this to perform seated calf raises with dumbbells on my knees, this gives an amazing contraction. I also perform 2 legged standing calf raises with a dip belt to add 40kg’s of plates. The single leg calf raise as you performed is definitely the best and most humbling calf exercise though IMO. I’ll have to try your soleus version sometime. Cheers
I wear stretchy sweat paints, and then slip in a watermelon at each calf. To look even more impressive in our co-ed gym, I also use other aids at the front, but this is a family friendly forum, so I won't go into details.
Hands down the best fitness, training and wokrout channel on UA-cam. Free, underated and well explained knowledge behind Bodybuilding and fitness, in general. Lastly, uncle Eugene has a great taste in music (Tool ❤️)! Give this man the publicity that he deserves! I will literally hear him for hours explain all these things under Human anatomy, behind any muscle stimulus (exercises) and I would pay to learn more tips from him! Thanks for that Eugene!
My 2 go to calves excercise: Seated calves Standing calves Just treat your calves likes any other muscle, good squeeze at the top, Good Stretch at Botton, controlled reps!
You're wasting your time with seated calf raises, what happens when you bend the knee is that you take the Gastrocnemius out of the equation and isolate the Solues, a muscle that's barely visible. In a calf raise with a straight leg you will train both the Gastro and Soleus.
@@uninamed2292 there seems to be mixed views on this as some people have said seated calves concentrate the tension at the muscle. I've done both and i will say how you do the exercise can change it's effectiveness.
I struggle with calves and I can testify that these exercises are legit. I have incorporated these exercises during my leg day routine and it's the best exercises I've ever done. My calves get real sore the next day. Thank you Eugene, this helped me a lot.
I only saw 4 videos of yours but today's one speaks volumes in terms of the psychology of the body in relation to social media and how we should be clear that bodies have different structures and so should our approach to them. Physically an amazing example, but i can see your psychological muscles even more defined. The healthy body makes a great house for a healthy mind. Respect to all hard working humble people out there. Now I have to subscribe because I want to not because the channel wants me.😉
Every time Eugene come out with another video I goto a quiet place because you have to make sure your hear word for word. You don’t want to miss out on anything. Thanks Eugene for the tips !!!
You are very informative and I actually enjoy listening to the concepts behind you muscle building experiences. I can honestly say I’ve learned more from your videos than any other UA-camr. You lay down the facts, and tell it how it is. No BS, just simply pointing out mistakes you’ve seen over the years and fixing the issue. Thank you! Please keep posting videos. You should literally have millions of followers. 👐🏼
I very much appreciate the timestamps! Not that I don't watch the whole videos, but it helps when coming back to them, and referencing a specific section. Thanks from KCMO
Big ups to pointing out the noise. People are always getting on me for not looking like their favorite ifbb pro or instagrammer, since I train regularly. Gotta block out the nonsense and use yourself as point youre try to beat in the gym. If I look better after a few weeks or months, then Ive done my job. Nice work, brother! Thank you.
Massive props to you for your content man! Something has shifted in my training since watching your videos! I'm really enjoying testing your theories and applying my own spin and I'm enjoying the process! 🙏💚
I fabricated a dorsiflexion machine for the tibialis anterior, using pillow block bearings and a padded lever over a welded frame. If you would like a picture, let me know. Also for the standing calf raises, I have found that using a curved surface to stand on increases the range of motion and comfort. I split a 7-inch diameter log about a foot long in half, then ran it through a planer to make the flat surface even. I then covered the curved surface with rubber mat, stapling it in place . Following this I screwed two 1" by 4" by 10 inch long boards into the split log at the ends to keep it stable.
Thanks big fella, my calves suck (I’ve been working on them everyday in lockdown) and I agree the single leg calf raise is the best, my calves are so bad I don’t even need additional weight. I also do tibialis anterior work everyday. Good to see I’m on the right track. Thanks for the videos
I have always preferred bodyweight calve exercises over machines. For the former, I feel it so much more, I don't need loads of resistance and I can do it at home. Win win. Definitely will start doing the 2nd exercise. Supersets is a great idea. Cheers mate.
As a person with some pretty decent calves I can attest to both these movements. 3 sets of super-setting single leg calve raises and tibia raises, both until failure for 3-4 times a week for a couple years will get you some great calve development. Best part imo, like Eugene said, you can literally do them on stairs at home in about 10-15 min and be done!
Way back in the 1970s Arthur Jones told me that many people were bugging him to build a "calf machine". He further told me that he was going to build one and sell it for a lot of money just to shut them up but the absolute best calf machine is a dumbbell and a block of wood. I'm glad to see that you are preaching the same thing. Both you and Arthur are absolutely correct. Thanks for a great video.
No Eugene...thank you for the Honesty and opening our minds.....when I saw the first excercise I said to my self , wow how didn't i think about that before.
Well said Eugene! Thank you for your honesty. Training is a process and people don’t understand that. Knowing how to properly train is how you get results, and that is what your channel is all about. Thanks, brotha💪🏽💪🏽
All I can say is that you are a professional in resistance training. Those are already the only 2 exercise I always do them for calves. Slowly process I see as we all know it's a SLOW-TWITCH MUSCLE FIBERS, but surly progress happening. Thank you brother for being honest around all that rubbish noise on social media.
Thanks a lot! Growing my calves always seems like the most complicated thing in the world so seeing you boil it down to two simple movements and minimal weight is really eye opening
I've been going trough a lot of different youtube channels looking for better ways of exercising for muscle growth and let me tell you, Eugene, your videos are among the best (if not, the very best) content I found. You explain everything one could need to know (and then some) to do a particular exercise and that goes a long way. Keep up the good work, man. You're killing it 😌
Eugene man you have the most effective and direct approaches to getting stimulation to muscle groups I have found. Between Pendulum Squats for glutes and these calf exercises its like you know what my 💪 needs.
Nice video. For the single-leg ones, it's more challenging to do it like you did it, with the weight held to the opposite side of the leg that you're lowering and raising, as opposed to what I did intuitively, which was to place the weight on the same side as the moving side. The video helped correct me. Thanks.
I always thought it's better to have the dumbell on the side of the leg you're standing on so to counterbalance the other half of your body. I'll try it this way next time but that was my thinking
The 'social media & who to listen to' segment is so damn important, and something very few people in the fitness industry really mention. Great video, both incredibly informative and honest.
Found your channel a couple days ago and have been binge watching all your content! I love the calm educational way you explain everything unlike most others who I feel like they are screaming at you. Plus I’m extremely jealous of your gym, it’s quite beautiful. Keep up the good work!
You are such a freaking GEM, holy shit I'm not even upset it took youtube until a few days ago to recommend you but I've been missing out. Thank you everyone who liked, subscribed, commented and got this man into my feed.
Love that you included tib training into this, man! Did not see it coming but it's super important and does NOT get enough love in the gym. Good stuff my man!
Definitely appreciate and use the timestamps for referencing later, but I always watch it through start to finish at least once to hear that sweet, sweet knowledge you drop on us. Have incorporated basically all of the '2 Best' exercises lately and they've made a huge difference for me. Can't wait for more content.
I built my calves by pushing old cars around the paddock, doing heavy farmer's walks with a wheelbarrow, and carrying heavy loads up and down hills. Being overweight at the time probably helped a lot too.
@Michael Evans I can't imagine doing a whole body workout at my old weight, it's hard enough now that I'm lean. I probably would've had a heart attack!
glad to see this channel pop up, youre an inspiration when it comes to physique and personality(at least what we are able to see). guess i gotta thank good old john meadows for collabing with you , brought me here the first time around
Simple yet so efficient. During my 3-4th years of training I really started seriously to trash calves and it was with 8x20 and 5x25 set/rep schemes with a 1s pause at top. After two years of that, I could do standing toes raises with about 800lbs for 4x25 and seated ones with 6 1/2 plates. Then I got a double peritendinitis on both Achilles tendons and couldn’t even do a BW one leg calf raise without pain. Took the time to heal them and make change, now I maintain them at just under 17" with good tempo and technique. 3x6-8 3s top 3s eccentric 10s bottom, 5x8-10 5s top 5s eccentric 5s bottom and so on. When you don’t get them by just walking and bicycling you just have to be a bit smarter. 🙏
7:45 an easy way to balance yourself by holding on to a stable object without cheating is to hold on from underneath so that you are pushing yourself down instead of lifting yourself up. You should be able to balance yourself without assisting yourself.
its funny, i thought i had the worst calf genetics in history, but after hitting them very hard with lots of volume the last few years they've grown a ton and now i would say they are a strength of mine....take it from me calves will grow, don't give up on them....standing barbell calf raises supersetted with donkey calf raises are my favorite calf exercise, i can barely walk when i finish a set of those, lol....
Genetics still play a big factor. Even before I started working out I had big calves and quads, people thought leg day was my favourite day. Then after consistently working out they became more defined and huge. They grew way easier compared to my upper body muscles. alternatively, some body builders have disproportionately smaller calves despite working them out.
@@ceruleanx5364 yeah certain muscle groups have a huge genetic component like abs, calves, forearms come to mind first and foremost. calves are certainly the most stubborn muscle group to grow for most people, but i think a big problem with people is that they don't focus enough on building them. they just add 2 or 3 sets of toe raises at the end of leg day where they just bounce the weight up and expect their calves to grow, lol....
@@jlpicapica for me, i do 8 sets of calves on my leg days, well actually it's really 4 super sets of pretty high rep ranges, but i will occasionally do a few additional sets on top of that as well. i take all sets to complete failure. one day of seated calf raises supersetted with donkey calf raises. and the other day standing calf raises supersetted with tibialis raises. and then i sometimes do a few more sets tiptoe farmers walks on top of that.
First exercise is my favorite too! I never felt my calves better than with this one. However for the soleus I prefer to go with seated variation, because my quads could not take all that pressure in a standing position after my squats and lunges. I never thought about the 2nd exercise shown and its excellent to superset it with the first one because this way the calves get a strech too so you can perform better when going for the next set. Thanks for the tips mentioned and also the first part of the clip!
I think only 2 body parts have left untouched that is side abs and neck, kindly upload videos on same and then on upper body and lower body warm up. Hope you know what I mean.
Great intro. There are a lot of youtubers showing exercises and results but nobody is actually thinking in how that can affect to the viewer. Your videos have a really healthy vibe, keep pushing!
I only had my left leg since birth and walking around/balancing with just one leg and a prosthetic right leg made it bigger than most trained people and that is without any direct work. I'm sure most casual lifters could benefit by reducing the weight and do single leg bodyweight training. Pistol Squats/Single Leg Calve raises(Can do 50-100reps almost everyday without recovery problems) like in the video have done wonders for me since i can't do conventional squats with a bar.
You are the first person I have seen in "DECADES" that has EVER mentioned the Tibialis Anterior (NERD ALERT) in training!!! I was a sprinter for 15 years and runners in general will encounter "SHIN SPLINTS" (as the condition was called back in the stone age) sometime in their athletic career. It was (is) a VERY PAINFUL condition and can sideline your running quickly. As I moved from running to just training in the gym people will ALWAYS look at me with this very strange "what the @#$% is he doing" look when working the shins. Hopefully now people will give me the thumbs up for working a forgotten muscle instead of the "you haven't showered in months" look! Keep up the good work!!!
I loved the intro. Great advice for all to filter through BS! We totally appreciate your transparency, in fact, it's refreshing. As far as favorite calf exercises, I agree with single leg calf raise. I'm also a fan of calf raises using both legs, but varying the foot position across the sets to parallel, turned out, and turned in.
It hurts my ankles to do the toes-in variation, but I found a way to do the raises that work the outside gastrocs while pointing the toes out. I got one of those heavy rubber calf raise things to put on the floor. It's got a long ramp up one side and a short ramp down the other, and there's no flat surface on top, just up one ramp and down the other, though the point formed by the two ramps is rounded. I always use the long side. Anyway, I point my feet out pretty significantly, at maybe 45 or 60 degrees, and I have the middle of my feet behind my toes set to where I can rock my feet over the top of the ramps when doing the calf raise. With my feet pointed out while also tilting my feet over the ramp really contracts the outside gastrocnemius in a far more comfortable way than trying to do these exercises with my toes pointing in. You also have to kind of consciously "choose" to contract them that way, but positioning your feet like this on the ramp makes it easier to set up the right mechanics to allow that contraction to happen very easily. When I do these, the outsides of my calves really feel pumped. Once they get fatigued, I immediately turn my feet more straight ahead to target the inner gastrocnemius while the outer ones are tired as hell. It hurts a lot to do the regular calf raises after all that, by the way. I have to experiment more with pushing through the pain, I think. I'm just afraid I'm going to injure something if I let it hurt too much for too long.
I just recently discovered your channel, and I seriously want to thank you for your content! My deadlift form increased majorly due to your tips and slow explanation as you do in all your videos
Straight leg calf raises on a leg press machine really help you get a good stretch and you are so much more focused on using your calves alone without any assistance from your back or quads on a regular weighted calf raise
I believe it’s both genetics and hard work .... many bodybuilders have bigger calves but because of small or shorter lengths they look small. And some guys with smaller calves but long insertions looks massive calves. Let me give you my example. If I wear small ankle socks my calves look small. But if I wear high ankle boots my calves looks massive because it creates the illusion of longer insertion and muscle belly.
Awesome content champ, easy to take info in and understand everything because you’re not yelling into the camera like most workout videos, hope you get far😎🤘🏻💯
Love the King Crimson shirt. I still like seated calf raises, standing machine and leg press push offs, but I'll be adding the two in rotation shown here. Thanks for this video.
Thanks Man. I just stumbled upon ur channel. You rock! Well explained. I have a longer lower calve too. Definitely going to incorporate these as supersets! Love working calves!
Love your mindset, approach and honesty! i try to grow as a person each and everyday and physical change and gains don3 naturally or properly take time so i really appreciate your thirst to so people something what you believe is best for people and not just to get people to watch and probably are just gonna hurt themselves without you explainings things how you do. Keep doing what you do man i really appreciate it your videos, take care!
You’re explanation’s & background for each video is greatly appreciated. I know I get more out of the content. Time stamps are great but understanding is ‘more better.’ Lol
***TIMESTAMPS***
What are YOUR favourite 2 exercises for Calves? Drop a comment below to let me know!
Hope you all have enjoyed this 2 exercise series as much as I've enjoyed creating it. What do you guys want to see next on this channel?
00:40 - Are Calves all about Genetics?
03:07 - How to Filter Through the Noise on Social Media
06:22 - Exercise Number 1
09:55 - Exercise Number 2
My 2 favorites are the single leg calf raise and a calf press, I might just add an exercise for the tibialis after seeing this though. And I hope you actually continue this series. I wanna see your top 2s for upper traps and obliques, maybe serratus too.
I bought a spinning calf block by Stewart innovations (which can be found on amazon or google) and I like to use this to perform seated calf raises with dumbbells on my knees, this gives an amazing contraction. I also perform 2 legged standing calf raises with a dip belt to add 40kg’s of plates. The single leg calf raise as you performed is definitely the best and most humbling calf exercise though IMO. I’ll have to try your soleus version sometime. Cheers
Dont now why. But this dude is growing om me..
A big like from me..
Donkey calf raises and seated calf raises
Brilliant again 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The most beautiful, eloquent, soft spoken way to tell me I'm never going to have big calves....
😂😂😂
😄😁😆🤣
🤣😂🤣aaayyyii sh!t 🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t train em. Hard. Keep at it. 💪🏼
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Everybody gangsta until Eugene speaks about calves
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Stfu ivan
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The room goes absolutely silent. LOL!!
@@nes1202 🥺🤏😂
My favourite tactic is to just wear trousers to the gym and tell people I have big calves but never let them see em.
😉😉
Flawless strategy. Which is why I wear an old football mascots outfit.
@@bennyc409 not only does it hide you but you can tell people your using it to sweat more so you lose water weight, truly genius
I wear stretchy sweat paints, and then slip in a watermelon at each calf. To look even more impressive in our co-ed gym, I also use other aids at the front, but this is a family friendly forum, so I won't go into details.
😂😂😂
Hands down the best fitness, training and wokrout channel on UA-cam. Free, underated and well explained knowledge behind Bodybuilding and fitness, in general. Lastly, uncle Eugene has a great taste in music (Tool ❤️)! Give this man the publicity that he deserves! I will literally hear him for hours explain all these things under Human anatomy, behind any muscle stimulus (exercises) and I would pay to learn more tips from him! Thanks for that Eugene!
Thank you! 🙏🙏
My 2 go to calves excercise:
Seated calves
Standing calves
Just treat your calves likes any other muscle, good squeeze at the top,
Good Stretch at Botton, controlled reps!
You're wasting your time with seated calf raises, what happens when you bend the knee is that you take the Gastrocnemius out of the equation and isolate the Solues, a muscle that's barely visible. In a calf raise with a straight leg you will train both the Gastro and Soleus.
@@uninamed2292 there seems to be mixed views on this as some people have said seated calves concentrate the tension at the muscle. I've done both and i will say how you do the exercise can change it's effectiveness.
i've completely changed how i do both of these exercises and i feel a much better activation of the muscle. It's very stubborn!!
@@uninamed2292 Just because it lies under the gastrocnemius doesnt mean its not visible, it makes your calf thicker.
@@uninamed2292 the soleus can still contribute to a lot of mass boi
Wow, I wasn’t expecting a UA-camr to be so upfront. Thanks for being real, I wish more creators were this honest.
I struggle with calves and I can testify that these exercises are legit. I have incorporated these exercises during my leg day routine and it's the best exercises I've ever done. My calves get real sore the next day. Thank you Eugene, this helped me a lot.
I love your honesty. I actually started following after your training tips with John Meadows. So any friend of John is right by me.
Thank you!
I only saw 4 videos of yours but today's one speaks volumes in terms of the psychology of the body in relation to social media and how we should be clear that bodies have different structures and so should our approach to them.
Physically an amazing example, but i can see your psychological muscles even more defined.
The healthy body makes a great house for a healthy mind.
Respect to all hard working humble people out there.
Now I have to subscribe because I want to not because the channel wants me.😉
Thank you! 🙏
Every time Eugene come out with another video I goto a quiet place because you have to make sure your hear word for word. You don’t want to miss out on anything. Thanks Eugene for the tips !!!
haha thank you!
I completely forgot about you :( its been years but I'm glad I ran into your channel again just as I'm starting with lifting again! Love you Eugene!!!
Love the honesty and detail you go into! The authenticity is rare these days
You are very informative and I actually enjoy listening to the concepts behind you muscle building experiences. I can honestly say I’ve learned more from your videos than any other UA-camr. You lay down the facts, and tell it how it is. No BS, just simply pointing out mistakes you’ve seen over the years and fixing the issue. Thank you! Please keep posting videos. You should literally have millions of followers. 👐🏼
I thought “there’s no way those single leg calf raises will be that bad”... my god was I wrong. Amazing video as always, brother 😁
Hahahaha yes they're such a surprise to a lot of people
It was great
I very much appreciate the timestamps! Not that I don't watch the whole videos, but it helps when coming back to them, and referencing a specific section. Thanks from KCMO
Eugene, the Crimson King of calves.
Yes!! haha
...so that every man is torn apart with nightmares and with dreams!
King of crusty heels
Big ups to pointing out the noise. People are always getting on me for not looking like their favorite ifbb pro or instagrammer, since I train regularly. Gotta block out the nonsense and use yourself as point youre try to beat in the gym. If I look better after a few weeks or months, then Ive done my job. Nice work, brother! Thank you.
Massive props to you for your content man! Something has shifted in my training since watching your videos! I'm really enjoying testing your theories and applying my own spin and I'm enjoying the process! 🙏💚
I fabricated a dorsiflexion machine for the tibialis anterior, using pillow block bearings and a padded lever over a welded frame. If you would like a picture, let me know. Also for the standing calf raises, I have found that using a curved surface to stand on increases the range of motion and comfort. I split a 7-inch diameter log about a foot long in half, then ran it through a planer to make the flat surface even. I then covered the curved surface with rubber mat, stapling it in place . Following this I screwed two 1" by 4" by 10 inch long boards into the split log at the ends to keep it stable.
Thanks big fella, my calves suck (I’ve been working on them everyday in lockdown) and I agree the single leg calf raise is the best, my calves are so bad I don’t even need additional weight. I also do tibialis anterior work everyday. Good to see I’m on the right track. Thanks for the videos
At 73 and a new knee this video was great!
Thanks
Shaun
In Wimauma Florida
I have always preferred bodyweight calve exercises over machines. For the former, I feel it so much more, I don't need loads of resistance and I can do it at home. Win win. Definitely will start doing the 2nd exercise. Supersets is a great idea. Cheers mate.
Nice!
bodyweight donkey calf raises in particular are excellent....
I've been binging a lot of your old videos like this series and others... quickly becoming one of my favourite fitness UA-camrs
Glad you like them!
As a person with some pretty decent calves I can attest to both these movements. 3 sets of super-setting single leg calve raises and tibia raises, both until failure for 3-4 times a week for a couple years will get you some great calve development. Best part imo, like Eugene said, you can literally do them on stairs at home in about 10-15 min and be done!
Way back in the 1970s Arthur Jones told me that many people were bugging him to build a "calf machine". He further told me that he was going to build one and sell it for a lot of money just to shut them up but the absolute best calf machine is a dumbbell and a block of wood. I'm glad to see that you are preaching the same thing. Both you and Arthur are absolutely correct. Thanks for a great video.
No Eugene...thank you for the Honesty and opening our minds.....when I saw the first excercise I said to my self , wow how didn't i think about that before.
Thank you!
This gentleman is head and shoulders above most. Best explanations.
Well said Eugene! Thank you for your honesty. Training is a process and people don’t understand that. Knowing how to properly train is how you get results, and that is what your channel is all about. Thanks, brotha💪🏽💪🏽
All I can say is that you are a professional in resistance training. Those are already the only 2 exercise I always do them for calves. Slowly process I see as we all know it's a SLOW-TWITCH MUSCLE FIBERS, but surly progress happening. Thank you brother for being honest around all that rubbish noise on social media.
This video is so clean, informative and straightforward. Thank you very much Coach Eugene, always enjoyed your unconditional content!
Thanks a lot! Growing my calves always seems like the most complicated thing in the world so seeing you boil it down to two simple movements and minimal weight is really eye opening
I've been going trough a lot of different youtube channels looking for better ways of exercising for muscle growth and let me tell you, Eugene, your videos are among the best (if not, the very best) content I found. You explain everything one could need to know (and then some) to do a particular exercise and that goes a long way. Keep up the good work, man. You're killing it 😌
Thank you!
Eugene man you have the most effective and direct approaches to getting stimulation to muscle groups I have found. Between Pendulum Squats for glutes and these calf exercises its like you know what my 💪 needs.
oh forsure, 100% hands down
“Because you don’t have my genetics”... well don’t be mean about it! 😭
haha savage
Glad I didn't skip the video and just watched the whole thing learned a lot 💪🏽💪🏽
Nice video. For the single-leg ones, it's more challenging to do it like you did it, with the weight held to the opposite side of the leg that you're lowering and raising, as opposed to what I did intuitively, which was to place the weight on the same side as the moving side. The video helped correct me. Thanks.
I always thought it's better to have the dumbell on the side of the leg you're standing on so to counterbalance the other half of your body. I'll try it this way next time but that was my thinking
The 'social media & who to listen to' segment is so damn important, and something very few people in the fitness industry really mention. Great video, both incredibly informative and honest.
Perhaps you could do a series on the bad exercises, why they are bad, and if they can be done correctly making them safe?
Good idea
Found your channel a couple days ago and have been binge watching all your content! I love the calm educational way you explain everything unlike most others who I feel like they are screaming at you. Plus I’m extremely jealous of your gym, it’s quite beautiful. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! 🙏
You are such a freaking GEM, holy shit I'm not even upset it took youtube until a few days ago to recommend you but I've been missing out. Thank you everyone who liked, subscribed, commented and got this man into my feed.
Thank you very much! :-) Welcome aboard
Its crazy how your 2 best calf workouts are my favourites as well. I usually do both per set.
1:29 - "Mein Calves", soon in a book store near you!
Lol
lol I see what you did there
Both books are very good ❤
Love that you included tib training into this, man! Did not see it coming but it's super important and does NOT get enough love in the gym. Good stuff my man!
Thank you! 🙏
Definitely appreciate and use the timestamps for referencing later, but I always watch it through start to finish at least once to hear that sweet, sweet knowledge you drop on us. Have incorporated basically all of the '2 Best' exercises lately and they've made a huge difference for me. Can't wait for more content.
The honest disclaimer at the beginning is just worth the like man, keep it honest. thanks i found this channel very! nice one!
I built my calves by pushing old cars around the paddock, doing heavy farmer's walks with a wheelbarrow, and carrying heavy loads up and down hills.
Being overweight at the time probably helped a lot too.
@Michael Evans
I can't imagine doing a whole body workout at my old weight, it's hard enough now that I'm lean. I probably would've had a heart attack!
@Michael Evans
Cheers man! 🙂 🤙
Are you going to make a video for adductors or is it not worth directly training? I would be ok with the hair care too tho
One way to really know is to compare yours to your parents.
Nice, Eugene!! My calves are..... Slightly advanced. The second half of the first excerise is KEY!!!
glad to see this channel pop up, youre an inspiration when it comes to physique and personality(at least what we are able to see). guess i gotta thank good old john meadows for collabing with you , brought me here the first time around
Thank you!
Love your calm explanation, not like jumpy instructors
Can we get a house tour bro? Your House looks dope
Such a good channel, thanks man. My right calve is half the size of the left. Single leg CR is the way to go!
Simple yet so efficient. During my 3-4th years of training I really started seriously to trash calves and it was with 8x20 and 5x25 set/rep schemes with a 1s pause at top. After two years of that, I could do standing toes raises with about 800lbs for 4x25 and seated ones with 6 1/2 plates. Then I got a double peritendinitis on both Achilles tendons and couldn’t even do a BW one leg calf raise without pain.
Took the time to heal them and make change, now I maintain them at just under 17" with good tempo and technique. 3x6-8 3s top 3s eccentric 10s bottom, 5x8-10 5s top 5s eccentric 5s bottom and so on.
When you don’t get them by just walking and bicycling you just have to be a bit smarter. 🙏
Eugene sounds like a person who wants others to improve in life and enjoy it as much as he does through good exercise routine sets!
Can we get a home tour? absolutely love the aesthetic!
7:45 an easy way to balance yourself by holding on to a stable object without cheating is to hold on from underneath so that you are pushing yourself down instead of lifting yourself up. You should be able to balance yourself without assisting yourself.
its funny, i thought i had the worst calf genetics in history, but after hitting them very hard with lots of volume the last few years they've grown a ton and now i would say they are a strength of mine....take it from me calves will grow, don't give up on them....standing barbell calf raises supersetted with donkey calf raises are my favorite calf exercise, i can barely walk when i finish a set of those, lol....
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Genetics still play a big factor. Even before I started working out I had big calves and quads, people thought leg day was my favourite day. Then after consistently working out they became more defined and huge. They grew way easier compared to my upper body muscles.
alternatively, some body builders have disproportionately smaller calves despite working them out.
@@ceruleanx5364 yeah certain muscle groups have a huge genetic component like abs, calves, forearms come to mind first and foremost. calves are certainly the most stubborn muscle group to grow for most people, but i think a big problem with people is that they don't focus enough on building them. they just add 2 or 3 sets of toe raises at the end of leg day where they just bounce the weight up and expect their calves to grow, lol....
how much volume are you talking about here?
@@jlpicapica for me, i do 8 sets of calves on my leg days, well actually it's really 4 super sets of pretty high rep ranges, but i will occasionally do a few additional sets on top of that as well. i take all sets to complete failure. one day of seated calf raises supersetted with donkey calf raises. and the other day standing calf raises supersetted with tibialis raises. and then i sometimes do a few more sets tiptoe farmers walks on top of that.
I know how valuable your videos are that's why I watch them .
Gonna send this to Omar Isuf!
Do it
@@coacheugeneteo done!
A haircare collab with Omer Surfclam will be awesome.
13:15 minutes of listening to Eugene's voice is therapeutic. His perfect hair and his tea sipping is on point
First exercise is my favorite too! I never felt my calves better than with this one. However for the soleus I prefer to go with seated variation, because my quads could not take all that pressure in a standing position after my squats and lunges. I never thought about the 2nd exercise shown and its excellent to superset it with the first one because this way the calves get a strech too so you can perform better when going for the next set. Thanks for the tips mentioned and also the first part of the clip!
The way you explained everything is the reason I just subscribed
Thank you! 🙏
I think only 2 body parts have left untouched that is side abs and neck, kindly upload videos on same and then on upper body and lower body warm up. Hope you know what I mean.
I don't really train either so I won't be doing them
No1 here trains we all are here for his hair
@@coacheugeneteo is this the end of 2 best exercises series?
@@vikaschaugule8890 yes,this channel is a hair care tip channel from now on.
@@itaikizner2986 someone who gets it
The first half was definitely the most important thank you for that
Dozed off in my recliner a lil while ago... woke up, checked UA-cam & here I am again. 🤷🏽♂️👍🏽
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And thank you for always doing your best to make sure we understand ❤
Waiting for the hair care tips and tea ASMRs now
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Great intro. There are a lot of youtubers showing exercises and results but nobody is actually thinking in how that can affect to the viewer. Your videos have a really healthy vibe, keep pushing!
I only had my left leg since birth and walking around/balancing with just one leg and a prosthetic right leg made it bigger than most trained people and that is without any direct work. I'm sure most casual lifters could benefit by reducing the weight and do single leg bodyweight training. Pistol Squats/Single Leg Calve raises(Can do 50-100reps almost everyday without recovery problems) like in the video have done wonders for me since i can't do conventional squats with a bar.
Great advice. Wish you had a channel 💪
You are the first person I have seen in "DECADES" that has EVER mentioned the Tibialis Anterior (NERD ALERT) in training!!! I was a sprinter for 15 years and runners in general will encounter "SHIN SPLINTS" (as the condition was called back in the stone age) sometime in their athletic career. It was (is) a VERY PAINFUL condition and can sideline your running quickly. As I moved from running to just training in the gym people will ALWAYS look at me with this very strange "what the @#$% is he doing" look when working the shins. Hopefully now people will give me the thumbs up for working a forgotten muscle instead of the "you haven't showered in months" look! Keep up the good work!!!
I loved the intro. Great advice for all to filter through BS! We totally appreciate your transparency, in fact, it's refreshing. As far as favorite calf exercises, I agree with single leg calf raise. I'm also a fan of calf raises using both legs, but varying the foot position across the sets to parallel, turned out, and turned in.
It hurts my ankles to do the toes-in variation, but I found a way to do the raises that work the outside gastrocs while pointing the toes out. I got one of those heavy rubber calf raise things to put on the floor. It's got a long ramp up one side and a short ramp down the other, and there's no flat surface on top, just up one ramp and down the other, though the point formed by the two ramps is rounded. I always use the long side. Anyway, I point my feet out pretty significantly, at maybe 45 or 60 degrees, and I have the middle of my feet behind my toes set to where I can rock my feet over the top of the ramps when doing the calf raise. With my feet pointed out while also tilting my feet over the ramp really contracts the outside gastrocnemius in a far more comfortable way than trying to do these exercises with my toes pointing in.
You also have to kind of consciously "choose" to contract them that way, but positioning your feet like this on the ramp makes it easier to set up the right mechanics to allow that contraction to happen very easily. When I do these, the outsides of my calves really feel pumped.
Once they get fatigued, I immediately turn my feet more straight ahead to target the inner gastrocnemius while the outer ones are tired as hell. It hurts a lot to do the regular calf raises after all that, by the way. I have to experiment more with pushing through the pain, I think. I'm just afraid I'm going to injure something if I let it hurt too much for too long.
I just recently discovered your channel, and I seriously want to thank you for your content! My deadlift form increased majorly due to your tips and slow explanation as you do in all your videos
Thank you! Great to hear
10:25 Alright hi everybody John Meadows here
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This had me laughing, haha!
Bro going straight to the gym to demolish my calves right now ahah pure motivation to keep the consistent work ! amazing video and explication !
bros calves are exactly the size of my upper leg..
Straight leg calf raises on a leg press machine really help you get a good stretch and you are so much more focused on using your calves alone without any assistance from your back or quads on a regular weighted calf raise
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Man what an underrated channel, the transparency just made me subscribe. Keep going bro! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
I love the new wave of saying that calves arent all genetics and with hard work you can grow them like any other muscle.
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I believe it’s both genetics and hard work .... many bodybuilders have bigger calves but because of small or shorter lengths they look small. And some guys with smaller calves but long insertions looks massive calves. Let me give you my example. If I wear small ankle socks my calves look small. But if I wear high ankle boots my calves looks massive because it creates the illusion of longer insertion and muscle belly.
Awesome content champ, easy to take info in and understand everything because you’re not yelling into the camera like most workout videos, hope you get far😎🤘🏻💯
When Roosevelt said “Speak softly and carry a big stick” he was talking about Eugene
Love the King Crimson shirt. I still like seated calf raises, standing machine and leg press push offs, but I'll be adding the two in rotation shown here. Thanks for this video.
I almost always do at least one set of calves excersise during my non leg days. progress is so slow on them otherwise :p
Excellent
Thanks Man. I just stumbled upon ur channel. You rock! Well explained. I have a longer lower calve too. Definitely going to incorporate these as supersets! Love working calves!
imma be mad if that hair care teasing at the end was just a bait
I need this real bad
hhhahahaha **Unsubscribes**
I need that tips way more
Definitely a lot to go with genetics, I’ve always had big calves and never really concentrated too much on them in terms of building
*on the flip side I have shit genetics when it comes to my pecs
i was like, this asian chick is hot .... wait its a dude? well .... i was wrong about the girl part
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Lol, that is what a lot of people said for the one dude name Pierre until they heard his voice. 😆
Did a quick story the other day on tibialis raises, took the words right out of my mouth! Love this and all about the single leg calf raises.
Stop hiding your secrets. We all want to know how you got those hair gains.
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@@coacheugeneteo tie your hair to a barbell and lift from the ground up. 2 sets 10 reps. you should feel it in your roots
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so u don't have hair?
Coach You are the best! Always keeping us On our Toes learning and wanting More ❤❤🦘🦘💪🏾💪🏾❤
Much respect for your truthfulness about Body Building and Marketing Gimmicks. And thank you for your info about calf development . Great video.
thank you for showing John Meadows....he was a pioneer in the sport.
Usually I don't like the talkings blablaa..
But I watched your vedio till the end.
Waiting for the next vedio...
Love your honesty bro - thanks for the tips
Love your mindset, approach and honesty! i try to grow as a person each and everyday and physical change and gains don3 naturally or properly take time so i really appreciate your thirst to so people something what you believe is best for people and not just to get people to watch and probably are just gonna hurt themselves without you explainings things how you do. Keep doing what you do man i really appreciate it your videos, take care!
This channel's a real gem. Recently discovered it. Subbed.
You and John Meadows are great teachers, respect!
Your videos are amazing, you are now one of my favorites for this kind of content
You’re explanation’s & background for each video is greatly appreciated. I know I get more out of the content. Time stamps are great but understanding is ‘more better.’ Lol
Glad you like them!
I discovered that bent knee calf raises on my own and I was surprised I had never seen anybody else talk about it. Think I'll subscribe now.
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