LEE PRIEST: Secret to Building MASSIVE Calves?
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2022
- We always come back to this question - how to build massive calves, this time we had some additional training equipment available for Lee to demonstrate the proper form.
Would you try Lee's calf training routine?
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He's right about light weight and more reps. I wasn't blessed with genetics to have naturally big calves, but I train them every time I go into the gym. I usually do 4 sets of 20-25 reps on seated calf and 7 sets of 15 reps on standing calves. Trust me, you'll see results in a month. It might not be much, but hey it's progress. And yes, your calves will get bigger and more defined. Calves can be trained every day.
Thanks for sharing this. What sort of rest periods are you taking in between sets? And how long would you say it takes to do the 11 sets in total?
@@Adam-M1 just do them between sets. Let's say you do chest, by the end of your workout start with a set of calves between your chest set.
I’ve been doing standing calf raises everyday between every set I do I’ve put a inch on my calves in 2 month
I have genetically smaller calves to but heavier weight helped me. I grew them a LOT. I didn't go crazy high weight and low reps but generally 10-16 reps with moderately heavy. I got up to seated calf raises with 4-5 plates or standing calf raises at 460-500lb comfortably. The key is that you need to do calves MULTIPLE times a week though like you said. You can train them nearly everyday. Most people don't do it more than once a week.
Yes this! I’ll do 4 sets of 24 reps. Moderate to light weight sometimes I’ll do pauses or I’ll pulsate the reps for more intensity. Gotta get that stretch tho!
The best progress from calves i got was bodyweight raises and raises in a squat position and lots of frequency. I think a lot of us underestimate bodyweight exercises for calves.
Agree. And after time I started adding a resistance band for added tension. Works amazingly well.
@@15jstone after a while i started using the weighted vest and dip belt for donkey calf raises.
@@15jstone using the bands is an interesting concept. I'm gonna have to try it.
Lee P. knows. I believe in his word.
Brilliant Lee full range of motion full contractions light weight shake it out to rest feel until you get the full burn pure class
Awesome video I learned something .Thanks Lee
Lee is the coolest guy in the world he should be in Hollywood making movies
Need to add in some type of fly movement for huge cows. Maybe alternate some pec deck with the exercises you demonstrated.
Calves, forearms & delts love the high reps.
Exactly...
Abs and Traps too?
@@bobbybooshay5854 yep you'd be correct.i like higher reps with most exercise,s.low 6 reps is good..changing things around, trying knew exercise,s is always good.
So true. My delts never really grew until I started doing several days a week of very high repetitions.
Good tips. Yeah standing calf raises work well. I usually only train calves on leg day but when I was doing skipping for cardio during lockdown I did notice they grew a bit more.
The vid I’ve been waiting for 😵💫
P155 off
@@stevecvntniko8271 😂😂😂thanks for taking the time to comment
@@theelement6255 how's your menopause going?
@@stevecvntniko8271 not bad. Some days better than others ❤️how are things on your end?
Could you do one on forearms ? Much love guys
being fat is key to calves, when I was a young boy I was huge and my calves were jacked, one I lost weight when I got to teens they withered away before my eyes untill I started blasting them
Great video lee ur awesome
Sam what do you think about machines in the us. Hammer strength and stuff?
Nice!
Best of the best Lee 👑
Thanks LEE using your own bodyweight with a step is what I have been doing and it works great....quick question LEE your trainer's that you are wearing are they velcro shoes ??I am disabled and can not tie my shoe's and just wanted to know if they are where I could maybe get them.....red nike are my favorite....thanks again for everything that you show us....
Yes they are velcro. Lebron soldier 13 u can check them out on utube
@@patrickjordan9421 Thank You I was wondering the same thing!
@@tylerbelanger2663 no problem 🤜🏻
Took the term “warehouse gym” to another level
3:30 Lee is pole dancing, now I’ve seen everything :D
Great battle today, Lee, with Yellow Soccer x France!
Lee Priest & Joshua Graham are my Kick A.. Heroes !! ATX got the best push sled 🛷 I can’t afford !! ..
Incidently it is calf day today! 😀
Shouldn’t have a calf day, should be every day
Lee is a great pumper 💪
lovin the air jordans lees sporting very cool 👊😎
It’s actually lebrons not Jordan’s
The Favorite Bodybuilder of all times!!!
What shoes he Wear?
I wana see you compete again so bad man!!
He gets Lee talking but he makes jokes at the same time
Shut up
Lee i know you show how to train chest ,shoulders and few others but could you show us you're full workout routines that youre doing currently on here or if you do I havnt seen them and if so I'm just an idiot asking another dumb question lol .
DO U EVEN LIFT?
You need to make sure iain valliere sees this one.
What are those Nike trainers Lee is wearing??????? I want some
If you do body weight raises at home just do one leg at a time. Same as using both legs but with weight.
The secret is being a little fella like Lee 👍
Paul Dillett was 6ft3 and he had massive calves. So it's not that.
This man is so funny. He should have done standup
Shoes are fuckin dope !!!
I've noticed the same thing... Korean and some. Japanese have insane calf and leg development compared to other Asians. My calves grow just by looking at them... but I have Scottish heritage and I'm only 5'7... maybe it's because I was a fan of Tom platz and tried his insanity approach to legs. The difference between seated and standing is that seated prevents the gastrocnemius from working as much as it crosses the knee joint.. the soleus from what I remember is lower and doesn't cross the knee joint so that is mainly what you hit doing seated. I couldn't really build forearms and the big capped shoulders, got wide but not the coconuts... that said chest back legs and bicep/triceps all grew real well... perhaps I relied on wrist straps too much for heavy back stuff and they dwarfed my slower forearms and shoulders.... loved leg press for my calves... I'd do them a few reps with my leg pressing and it did the trick, I never really had to do much else
The soleus attaches at the knee joint also. Gastrocnemius lays on top. IV always heard the seated calf raises for soleus too but I get more soreness up high behind the knee than standing for some reason. 🤷✌️
@@jakefromstatefarm5204 not quite, the soleus doesn't attach to the femur , the origin is the Soleal line, medial border of tibia, head of fibula, posterior border of fibula
The Insertion is the Posterior surface of calcaneus (via calcaneal tendon) so while it is in the knee area it doesn't attach to the femur so really only flexes the ankle not the ankle and knee like the Gastrocs do. When I did seated I only ever felt it super low on my lower leg but standing I felt it everywhere from the knee down...
I suppose it depends on the length of your levers and the angle they are at when you use the muscles as to where you feel it.
@@Zokambaa Oh okay. I have high calves so although they're developing, I have these long ass ankles so I wish seated raises would develop them more LoL! Also I go lighter and Concentrate on contracting at the top. Thanks! 💪
@@jakefromstatefarm5204 try them on the 45 degree leg press machine, I always hammered them at the end of a heavy leg press set.... seemed to make my upper inside gastrocnemius grow... that snd doing somewhat lighter than normal leg presses with your heels just off the plate (not a lift under the heel just leep them up a bit by pressing through the balls of the feet instead of the heels) ... that's killer on the calves if you go through full range
Go update a Wikipedia page while your at it
lee is looking good now. keeping himself in shape
also the austrian alfred neugebauer had calve - implants in his prior time
I love the shirt mate🤘where ya get from?
Lee still has killer arms. Best in bodybuilding history.
0:50-1:00 were still talking about calf raises right🤣
Would love to know what Lee thinks about donkey calf raises
Great isolator
That first workout is how I dance in the club. My calves are huge! If I did juice they'd be massive!!
Those Nikes look awesome for lifting. Does anyone know what model they are?
MODEL NIKE
Look so much better with the face tattoo removed bro!! Well done
I was wondering about that! So he did get it removed? I agree it looks better off his face
U guys should sell ur equipment in the USA
Same I have the worst genetic ever , I've got no calves like not at all ( 28cm ) and I did start to train with light weight high reps high range ( very important to have a peak of contraction and pick of stretching ). Now I'm 33cm and I target 38
Little by little you can do it. But as for any other muscle it is long , patience.
Uphill walking or treadmill slow high incline getting that stretch and push off with the ball area
just now I have 18.5 calves but i dont work them hardly only with slow walking and standing, as soon as i start working them they do blow up quick, you need intensity, with whatever exercises you use
I actually got the most from this as well! I had absolute shit calves and I found from weighted vest walking for cardio my calves just started growing - i'm no bloody 18.5" like you hahah but hell, I have something now so I can wear shorts without looking so ridiculous against my upper body.
BTW, do you notice your hamstrings growing from that as well? I noticed that, despite my previously dwarfed hamstrings, they came up quite nicely walking almost stiff-kneed if that makes sense? Just curious if you got any growth there as well or maybe it's just an illusion for me?
What shoes?
Lee try river dance ,them irish dancers have some calves.😂😂
Send this to Anthony Martino so he can beef up those breadsticks
I had a pretty serious sprain and couldn't walk for a month. When I could walk, I got back to training calves, but regardless of the sets, rom, and time under tension, that calf won't grow property. Still not healed after more than a year, I guess.
Just sounds like you're not training them enough or eating enough. Calves are extremely resilient so you're going to need to fully train them 3-4 times week, maybe even more. You can't keep the weight to low otherwise your calves have no reason to grow. Gotta keep increasing the weight. Higher reps does help for calves to like Lee stated. It's how I grew mine and I have genetically small calves. I had to punish them 4 times a week and kept increasing the weight and now they look pretty damn muscular. I won't be able to look like Lee, but my calves are finally up there. Big enough where people notice and actually ask me about my calves lol
My two cents for the NATURAL lifter. Your calves are raising your body weight all day, if you have stairs at work or home you have to use regulary they work even more. So, unless you are doing calves raises with at least your body weight your calves have no reason to grow and the won't grow. Now you need to think carefully the risk/reward of that axial load up and down on your spine. And let's not forget genetics, if you have small bones, high insertions, small muscle bellies, and so on, it is almost impossible to do a noticeable difference naturally. This light weight Lee is doing here only works to mantain some of what he built with tons of gear and other weight. If you are a natural lifter and want more vascularity in your calves go ahead and do what he is showing, but if you want bigger calves, your only chance is progressively load that thing up with 1.5 your body weight, and do a prayer for your spine and Achilles tendom each night.
What's the name of those Nikes????
Want big calves?
Start with big calves.😂
Good video 💪
Your vegan
it’s called be born with them
Lol
Pretty much lol. Skateboarding and playing hockey all my life I have seen people that do all that and work them out multiple times a week with almost no results. Then you see people never even hit legs and have crazy ones. Sure there is an in between, but I have never seen a dude with nothing there just start crushing workouts and have massive calves
With that attitude I might as well just not workout or stay healthy. All genetics, right? I guess you may as well give up in life. 🤣🤣🤣 You can still get huge muscular calves if you're training them enough and properly. Prob won't look exactly like Lee's but you can get them pretty big.
Damn I been bouncing.lol
There is no secret. Work your ass off and you can see improvements on your calves no doubt about that. But it's genetic how far you can take them.
Exactly. Finally some one with a good comment. People that purely claim genetics are simply lazy. It's an excuse because they aren't training properly or hard enough and are mad that they aren't seeing results.
Best way to build calf's is to ride a bike 3 times a week for at least a hour.& Don't worry about them.
he looks so good because he has short proportions
The secret all along was calf raises. Who'd a thunk it.
Sam is too funny.
Had this calf-complex for years. Bad genetics. High insertion. But what really made them decent is tippie toe walking in between sets on leg day, with a 45 plate in each hand. This developed my soleus significantly and its like pressing the gastroc out bit more.
No more long black socks for you.
He has big oul shovel hands
I just do them after all my workouts and i workout everyday until im forced to take a day off when life gets in the way.
LEE FUNNY
You can pump and use massive weight. But genetics play a huge role. That's why some pros have it all except calves.
I like his shirt. You can tell what side he is on 🙂🤘
Too true about genetics, I do calves 3 times a week, they're not bad but not great, know another guy with awesome calves, never done a calf raise in his life, in fact tries to not do much of anything lol
Yeah but you can still get your calves to be pretty big and lean. You may not look as huge as another guy, but you gotta train calves A LOT. Such a resilient muscle. I have small calves genetically but I got them to grow A LOT and look really muscular. I had train them 3-4 times a week and always tried increasing the weight slowly. Took awhile but I got them to grow!
@@wombat5252 Has a lot to do with how low they attach etc, well i'm 20 years in & still going on them lol
I like you good man 👍🇷🇺
Train legs like Tom Platz did/does the calves can't help but grow doing that shit
DONT BRO..THATS RETARDED..WEAR AND TEAR
Secret to calves is doing the stairs everyday
Secret to big calves: Good genetics...
Did Lee not have a tattoo all over his face at one time not seen him for a few years still in great shape 👍
Yeah he had it lasered off
good vid. if new to calves start lower weight, otherwise u wont walk for a week
Train them full stop
Lee is one of those guys that would never need calf training. Being 5’5 with godly genetics is your calf training. For the rest of us, the only thing that is going to force growth is the breakdown of the calf muscles through high volume and high frequency training. So often you see morons in the comments saying “just go heavy” or something equally as idiotic. I see people calf raising hundreds of kg’s, but their calves are trash and barely pumped in the right place. Why is that? It’s because at some point when you increase the weight you are no longer getting the most optimal contraction of the desired muscle. Seated calf raise you can go a lot heavier on because it relies less on ankle strength and mobility than standing calf raises.
Standing raises it is most optimal to train light enough where you fail around the 25+ mark. And do drop sets. Triple drop sets.
Sample calf training:
3x30 standing calf raises (machine), or calf extensions on a leg press machine. DROP SETS
3x15-20 seated calf raise drop sets
5x20-30 tibialis raises (you can do this through your heels on a straight leg press machine or do reverse calf raises on a machine/smith machine which target tibialis also (muscle that runs across the front sides of your calves)
Doing this + alternate exercises like an incline walk on the treadmill to fully deplete the calves, is the most optimal way of training calves. No debate.
*5'3
dont call them idiots ,it depends on the individual,i have shit calf genetics and been doing high reps for 6 years with no progress,all kind of exercices and controlled,i said fuck it and went heavy low reps,and they finally responded,so if u calves are used to high reps that probably wont do much unless u train them like every other body part,HEAVY anyways the point is you gotta try different styles and never be close minded to test
BEN...PUBLISH THAT BOOK YOU WROTE AS S H O E
GODLY GENETICS..YOU MEAN MASSIVE STEROIDS FOR 4 DECADES..OH OK
Eh. To each their own. I'm all natural, have genetically small calves but I ended up growing them to become pretty damn huge and muscular. To the point people ask me about my calves. I had to work them 3-4 times a week and I went moderately heavy. For me what worked was moderately heavy and anywhere from 10-20 reps. Got up to doing sets of 5 plates on the seated calf and 460-500lb reps on the standing calf machines. 4-6 sets worked best for me.
I got big calves from doing standing calves raises in the toilet cubicles..plus to see who’s in the toilets next to me…the shock 🤦🏻♂️😂
Peeping tom
@@KillerAri yes I saw peeing Tom whilst doing calve raises in the cubicle.. I’m obviously joking
It's like asking Shaq how to be good at basketball. It's pure genetics
Lmfao no. You saying genetics is laziness. Yeah the shape of your muscle won't look exactly like Lee's but you can still gain the strength and mass that he has. Maybe it won't look as big, but you can still get them to look huge and lean.
@@wombat5252 1 in 100,000 can gain like Lee. Get real!
@@soybean70 OK buddy. I've done it myself. But sure, keep making excuses and don't ever push yourself. Don't set goals.
Flex wheeler injected synthol... now. No calf
No dig but smaller people tend to gain big calves or already have them
Genetics that’s it
I like some nice big calves but I don't think massive calves are good if you want to stay athletic. It would be like Lee showing up to a slam dunk contest
Huge calves are not going to make a difference in that. You're thinking your overall weight lol
HIS SO SMALL NOW EISH
I mean no disrespect but am I seeing synthol guns? 🧐
LOL
Good genetics plus 18 years of being obese gave me god like calfs, dont even need to train them lol thank god
FAT CALVES ARE NOT MUSCULAR
@@leelunk8235
I have abs 🤣
Im 22 now
Calves are like the abs. You can train them both daily.
Yes if you like wasting your time
@@fcu866 You never waist time if you are on form and diet...
@@batootcat training abs every day is totally pointless twice a week at the most is all that is necessary. It’s all about body fat
@@fcu866 True, but my point is like calves you cannot overtrain them just like Lee said.
@@fcu866 I like to point out that when I do arm day for example I rest between sets. What I like to do is switch out to a calf or ab machine while resting. That way I`m not wasting time between sets and at least I`m doing a workout because you can never overtrain them. Another good one to do is shoulder shrugs. You can never get enough of those too.
Are those Nike powerlifting shoes Lee is wearing?? Lol
Step 1: Choose your parents
How to get big calves : have good genetics
Yes and no. If you have genetically small legs, you can still get them to be pretty huge and muscular to a point. Just gotta punish them multiple times a week, only way you're gonna grow them.
Weak skinny calves or forearms looks like drumsticks just doesn't look balanced, like narrow shoulders with a thick chest.
tutus lol ...
Lee's secret to calves? His parents. It's all down to genetics.
Genetics, obviously. But being 5’5 or whatever Lee is means he needs less mass to fill out the lower legs. Most short muscular people have better than average calves because they need significantly less muscle to make them appear bigger.
Most people who say calves are all genetic and nothing else are usually the people who never trained them seriously enough.
My niggah
ol Serge Nubret.....NO CALVES..
Insane upper body
@@Scouterlad at the right angle!! lol!! Sergio was INSANE.
Mike Christian, no Calves, but was given championship titles? And let's not forget Larry Wheels!
Unfortunately they’re very much genetic and Lee hit the lottery on every muscle lol
Biggest cope. I had small calves until I grew them
Except height muscle
ITS CALLED STEROIDS SINCE HE WAS 17
@@rohitkaushik9885 DIDNT KNOW HEIGHT MUSCLE EXIST
Yeah, no that's a copout. Yours may not look exactly like Lee and genetics does play a small role, but you can still grow your calves enough to where they look big and muscular and noticeable. Just takes a lot more punishment than your average muscle.
Ok, tell me how every single bodybuilder in the 90's, even the black bodybuilders had huge calves and forearms. And now most of them don't have big calves and forearms? To me is pure laziness these days.
Genetics lol
Different calves based on genetics based on your ancestors. Smaller calves are faster twitching and come from warm climates.
Bigger calves, slower twitching developed through the years in cold climates = white people, or Asians from cold climates.
Look at sprinters = all have smaller calves.
If you have big calves you're probably slower than mud
No genetics no calves end of story
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