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<blockquote data-quote="chinwaggler" data-source="post: 152873"><p>Squash wouldn't help build any muscle all it would do is tone it as do all cardiovascular exercises. The only exercise that can build muscle is weights.</p><p></p><p>Several reasons there could be for you not seeing any results.</p><p></p><p>1: Maybe you are not focusing on them enough. You said you focus mainly on your biceps and they have results, maybe you should spend more time on your calves if you want results.</p><p></p><p>2: You are using the wrong reps/sets. Just because you are doing weights doesn't necessarily mean you <u>should</u> be gaining muscle mass. As a general rule, a high amount of repetitions, once or twice, will tone your muscles. A low amount of repetitions, with many sets (3+) should build muscle.</p><p></p><p>3: Connected with 2, even if you are doing low reps, you may not be using the right weight.</p><p></p><p>Now for solutions :cheers: </p><p></p><p>1: I would suggest at least one heavy session on them, three times a week. During these sessions you should.......</p><p></p><p>2: An ideal rep/set combo would be 6-8 repetitions, 3-5 times.</p><p></p><p>3: After each set, you find walking difficult, this means that you have used a heavy enough weight. If you can still walk fine but your muscles are aching, you have used heavy weights but they are not heavy enough.</p><p></p><p>If you think about it, whenever you take a step, your calfs are pushing your body weight which for me is 72kg. So, if I were to train my calfs and use 50kg and do 30 reps..... that's just like taking 20 long strides.</p><p>Make sure you use a heavy enough weight.</p><p></p><p>If you want to widen your calfs, then you also need to focus a muscle behind the main diamond shaped one you can see. To do this, a useful exercise is to sit down, knees at 90 degrees, have weights on top of your knees and go ballet style.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you want a sort of confirmation that your workout was decent, then as you probably know, your muscles should ache the next few days. </p><p></p><p>Basically, make sure you use a heavy enough weight, don't do more than 8 reps, and pain is good. :cheers:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chinwaggler, post: 152873"] Squash wouldn't help build any muscle all it would do is tone it as do all cardiovascular exercises. The only exercise that can build muscle is weights. Several reasons there could be for you not seeing any results. 1: Maybe you are not focusing on them enough. You said you focus mainly on your biceps and they have results, maybe you should spend more time on your calves if you want results. 2: You are using the wrong reps/sets. Just because you are doing weights doesn't necessarily mean you [u]should[/u] be gaining muscle mass. As a general rule, a high amount of repetitions, once or twice, will tone your muscles. A low amount of repetitions, with many sets (3+) should build muscle. 3: Connected with 2, even if you are doing low reps, you may not be using the right weight. Now for solutions :cheers: 1: I would suggest at least one heavy session on them, three times a week. During these sessions you should....... 2: An ideal rep/set combo would be 6-8 repetitions, 3-5 times. 3: After each set, you find walking difficult, this means that you have used a heavy enough weight. If you can still walk fine but your muscles are aching, you have used heavy weights but they are not heavy enough. If you think about it, whenever you take a step, your calfs are pushing your body weight which for me is 72kg. So, if I were to train my calfs and use 50kg and do 30 reps..... that's just like taking 20 long strides. Make sure you use a heavy enough weight. If you want to widen your calfs, then you also need to focus a muscle behind the main diamond shaped one you can see. To do this, a useful exercise is to sit down, knees at 90 degrees, have weights on top of your knees and go ballet style. If you want a sort of confirmation that your workout was decent, then as you probably know, your muscles should ache the next few days. Basically, make sure you use a heavy enough weight, don't do more than 8 reps, and pain is good. :cheers: [/QUOTE]
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