Calves

First, let me explain that we as humans use our legs to move around and they are used to being stressed out. So therefore a little bit of calve workouts here and there are not going to do nothing!

The key is overload and extreme stress, the need to go extremely heavy on this workout is necessary for absolute growth. Think of it as if your trying to trick your legs so that they think you have gained an extreme amount of weight and they need to compensate for it. Even Arnold was told to increase his 500 lbs calf workout to 1000 lbs so that he could see the results he wanted.

It is recommended to do calves at least 4 days a week. To me this is no recommendation, this is must, I believe that the calves shouldn't get much rest until they growth to the desired size.

Sample Calf Workout

1. Standing Calves (4 sets) as heavy as possible, get about 10 to 15 reps
2. Seated toe raises (4 sets) also heavy and 10 to 15 reps
3. Seated extented leg toe raises (4 sets) on this machine you will need to change the angle of your raises, 1 set of inner calves, 1 of outer, and 2 regular.

Calves need to be excersised as much as you would train your fav. body part. I would say a good 30 min should be good.