Comments on: Hey Pencil Legs! Turn Those Calves into Cows

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:18:16 +0000

Foam rolling the calves several times a week may help to lessen the cramping over time (helps to break down scar tissue, muscle adhesions, etc.).

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:43:12 +0000

Toby: Maybe you do too much calf work and they are overtrained? Hopefully it is not a problem with your Achilles tendon. Just be careful. Check with your doc if you want to know more.

By: Toby (Aged 14)

Toby (Aged 14) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:35:16 +0000

I also have a problem like fran’s but throughout the entire game. The problem is i know i have quite meaty calves, I put a lot of exercise into them, I run a lot in school p.e lessons doing high intensity work. Ive played football all my life and have had the problem for about 2-3 years. My calves really ache whenever i run for prolonged periods of time. I dont know why this is whether i run inefficiently, Due to flexibility or just a heavy load on gastrocs and soleus because i would class myself as a bodybuilder rather than an athletic football player. Im 5′3 Ft, 8.9 stone with a body fat percentage of 12. Just to show you im not fat in any way i have a 6 pack and im very muscular. If youve come across this problem before please reply, thanks.

By: fran

fran — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:18:53 +0000

Hey steve, always a pleasure reading your posts. I play soccer, and im actually doing the p90x routine for conditioning. The thing is, altough i feel way much better in terms of strenght, speed and aerobic capacity, i keep suffering from cramps in my calves during the last minutes of the matches. I hydrate before the match, eat bananas quite often, but i stiil get them. Do you think a reason could be an under development of the calves?? p90x focuses on some calves excersises, but maybe they are not enough… anyway, maybe when you were a trainer you ve dealt with issues like mine…. thanks a lot for you concern steve. cheers

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:10:54 +0000

It’s true alright Oskie. Try the workout for 3 months and see what happens to your calves in the meantime.

By: Oskie

Oskie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18:29 +0000

Is this actually true, or is this a bunch of bull-shit?