Calf Exercises

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antelope Total Posts : 1252 Reward points : 5608 Joined: 10/11/2004 Location: Dubai, UAE Status: offline Read my TROG	Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 13:48 (permalink) I have a standing calf machine in my gym, but not seated. What's a good alternative to seated calf raises? "My only hunger is knowledge"
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Bollard Total Posts : 1278 Reward points : 3916 Joined: 16/01/2008 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 14:02 (permalink) Not a lot of easy answers to that one. I've seen people sit on a bench under the smith bar and calf raise on the smith. It might work. Don't know about the mechanics of it but it's probably worth a try to see how it feels.
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Rachfit Total Posts : 2862 Reward points : 2591 Joined: 21/10/2009 Location: Nottingham Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 15:49 (permalink) ask a nice lady to sit on your lap?? haha just kiddin.. although not a bad idea me thinks...unless you need her to be 14 stone? *'You can only manage what you can measure'* Rachel France DipITS,MBCA Master Trainer Specialist Biomechanics Coach (Injury 'prevention', Low Back Health & Resistance Specialist)
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i like poached eggs Total Posts : 1158 Reward points : 1270 Joined: 11/03/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 16:35 (permalink) Rachfit ask a nice lady to sit on your lap?? haha just kiddin.. although not a bad idea me thinks...unless you need her to be 14 stone? Surely you can get nice 14 stone ladies????? "Never miss a good opportunity to shut the f**k up"
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i like poached eggs Total Posts : 1158 Reward points : 1270 Joined: 11/03/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 16:36 (permalink) Or better still, 2 smaller (but nice) ladies, one for each leg. "Never miss a good opportunity to shut the f**k up"
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Rachfit Total Posts : 2862 Reward points : 2591 Joined: 21/10/2009 Location: Nottingham Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 16:43 (permalink) ^^^^ooops!! totally thats what I meant <message edited by Rachfit on 24 January 2012 16:44> *'You can only manage what you can measure'* Rachel France DipITS,MBCA Master Trainer Specialist Biomechanics Coach (Injury 'prevention', Low Back Health & Resistance Specialist)
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Bollard Total Posts : 1278 Reward points : 3916 Joined: 16/01/2008 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 16:46 (permalink) Business idea forming . . . Ladybell training
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Bollard Total Posts : 1278 Reward points : 3916 Joined: 16/01/2008 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 16:49 (permalink) ^ a bit of trivia jumps to mind here. I understand the term Dumbell to date back to the reign of the Stuarts. Keen on exercise they advocated bell ringing as good exercises, but bells being noisy they stared using bells with no clappers - dumb bells. So there you go ...
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Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 17:03 (permalink)

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ask a nice lady to sit on your lap?? haha just kiddin.. although not a bad idea me thinks...unless you need her to be 14 stone?

Just trying work out the reaction of the gym staff when they see a sign on the gym notice board "large lady needed for seated calf raises, apply within" hmmm food for thought :-)

Seated using the smith machine it is

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Rachfit Total Posts : 2862 Reward points : 2591 Joined: 21/10/2009 Location: Nottingham Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 17:03 (permalink) the use of lovely ladies as your chosen piece of resistance could be termed 'dumb belles' although maybe taken somewhat offensively dont you think !? lol *'You can only manage what you can measure'* Rachel France DipITS,MBCA Master Trainer Specialist Biomechanics Coach (Injury 'prevention', Low Back Health & Resistance Specialist)
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Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 17:04 (permalink)

antelope

Rachfit

ask a nice lady to sit on your lap?? haha just kiddin.. although not a bad idea me thinks...unless you need her to be 14 stone?

Just trying work out the reaction of the gym staff when they see a sign on the gym notice board "large lady needed for seated calf raises, apply within" hmmm food for thought :-)

'You can only manage what you can measure'
Rachel France DipITS,MBCA
Master Trainer
Specialist Biomechanics Coach
(Injury 'prevention', Low Back Health & Resistance Specialist)

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Homercles Total Posts : 3755 Reward points : 7838 Joined: 12/04/2002 Status: online Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 17:18 (permalink) Bollard Business idea forming . . . Ladybell training There was a fella curling his girlfriend in the gym last Saturday, didn't think people actually did this but it would seem so. UGM - A friendly fitness community.
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antelope Total Posts : 1252 Reward points : 5608 Joined: 10/11/2004 Location: Dubai, UAE Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 17:34 (permalink) Rachfit the use of lovely ladies as your chosen piece of resistance could be termed 'dumb belles' although maybe taken somewhat offensively dont you think !? lol hahahaha "My only hunger is knowledge"
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i like poached eggs Total Posts : 1158 Reward points : 1270 Joined: 11/03/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 17:47 (permalink) On a similar theme, I used to do press ups with my daughter sat on my shoulders when she was little.....and I was a lot younger. "Never miss a good opportunity to shut the f**k up"
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motorhead Total Posts : 3085 Reward points : 5597 Joined: 03/06/2005 Location: uk Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 19:33 (permalink) i have used a ez bar resting on my legs while sitting on the end of a bench and the feet on a small block of wood.good with high reps.keep some more weights by the bench to add when needed.
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Re:Calf Exercises 24 January 2012 20:50 (permalink)

haha i feel a new thread coming on......
How many ways can you use your girlfriend/family/loved ones as gym equipment?

Oh dear that doesnt sound quite right does it?!?!!??!

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antelope Total Posts : 1252 Reward points : 5608 Joined: 10/11/2004 Location: Dubai, UAE Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 25 January 2012 05:18 (permalink) Rachfit haha i feel a new thread coming on...... How many ways can you use your girlfriend/family/loved ones as gym equipment? Oh dear that doesnt sound quite right does it?!?!!??! It's all about the cardio "My only hunger is knowledge"
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Bollard Total Posts : 1278 Reward points : 3916 Joined: 16/01/2008 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 25 January 2012 08:58 (permalink) Ha. Well, in my teens and early 20's it was all about cardio. As I matured I realised form and technique were the key elements!
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Bollard Total Posts : 1278 Reward points : 3916 Joined: 16/01/2008 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 25 January 2012 08:59 (permalink) And in response to Rach, I'll have to take her to one of those posh gyms with vibrating plates and ask her to, erm, ........................... shake my protein .... is that VERY wrong???
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i like poached eggs Total Posts : 1158 Reward points : 1270 Joined: 11/03/2011 Status: offline Read my TROG	Re:Calf Exercises 25 January 2012 11:36 (permalink) Bollard And in response to Rach, I'll have to take her to one of those posh gyms with vibrating plates and ask her to, erm, ........................... shake my protein .... is that VERY wrong??? Must admit I had a similar thought but my way of putting it could have ended up in a ban. "Never miss a good opportunity to shut the f**k up"
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