Inner calf activiation

[Deleted member 123722]

No idea what is happening, but my inner calves seem and feel atrophied; no matter how I angle my feet, they don't get activiated or feel fully flexed. I've done heavy weight, light weight, high reps, low reps; my outer calves always dominate. Whether seated machine or calve machine, idk what to do.

 

[Mac11wildcat]

Lower the weight and get up on your big toes only at the top of the rep. Full ROM. Think "ankle forward" not knee up.

 

[Deleted member 123722]

Lower the weight and get up on your big toes only at the top of the rep. Full ROM. Think "ankle forward" not knee up.

That I've never done... I'll give it a try. Thanks Mac.

 

[petefox]

Time under tension and rest-pause helped my calf development bigtime. Also pinning pre-w/o aminos..

 

[Deleted member 123722]

Time under tension and rest-pause helped my calf development bigtime. Also pinning pre-w/o aminos..

lol.

I just don't understand why my inner calves feel like they don't even flex. I'll try Mac's advice, but if that doesn't work, idk wtf is going on.

 

[Mac11wildcat]

The big toe is the key. Don't let your foot move out over your toes, go straight over that big toe.

 

[Deleted member 123722]

So I'm trying them now; I can't even get my bodyweight up to my tippy toe like that, but I do feel more stress on that inner calf via the toe. So, you're saying to not bend at the ball of your feet, but to literally push off your toes, while keeping them straight as possible.

 

[buck]

Twisting your leg at the hip really doesn't activate the calf different, if you are still rolling your foot to the outside when lifting like most do as that tends to be easier then coming up on the big toe.

 

[Deleted member 123722]

Twisting your leg at the hip really doesn't activate the calf different, if you are still rolling your foot to the outside when lifting like most do as that tends to be easier then coming up on the big toe.

See ive been doing calve just on the balls of my feet, extending off that, never rolling of my toes.

 

[Deleted member 123722]

Holy shit; i just some body weight raises bare-foot, rollup up on my toes and holy shit my calves are pumped and my inner calves popping out.

Thanks for the tip guys.

 

[buck]

See ive been doing calve just on the balls of my feet, extending off that, never rolling of my toes.

I was talking about using the outside balls of your feet aka toes. People tend to use them and not come up off the inside balls of the feet aka toes. You will probably never get up on your toes like a ballerina does, especially with any real weight. Your heels should be a good 2-3+ inches higher then your balls of your feet when the calf muscle is fully contracted. Sit in a chair and with all the balls of your feet on the floor see how far you can raise your heel. Working calves is all about raising the heel. And that is done by getting up on your balls of your feet/toes.