Have you ever noticed that rugby players all seem to have impressive calf development? I bet you presume they get it from all the running, well you are wrong! if this were true runners, soccer players and other athletes who do a lot of running would have similar calf development but they don't.
I myself am a former rugby player and I know the secret. There is something that rugby players do a hell of a lot of both in games and training that really fries the calves. Take a look at the calf development of new IFBB Pro James "Flex" Lewis or Lee Priest, both of these guys played rugby as youngsters and both have great calves. I bet you want to know the secret? Well that little secret is running backwards!
It is said that once upon a time the legendary bodybuilder and actor Steve Reeves once gained one and a half inches on his calves in two months simply by running forwards and backwards on the beach for two miles every day!
Simply running backwards will help anyone bring up lagging calves, so if you have somewhere you can do this give it a try!
If you want a gym method then take a leaf out of Ronnie Coleman's book and head out to the parking lot with a set of dumbbells.and do the two following exercises.
First up is backwards strides, simply take long strides backwards whilst holding your heavy dumbbells try and cover 200 metres or more with this method.
The second exercise is the backwards farmers walk, here you walk briskly backwards carrying heavy dumbbells, depending on the size of your gym parking lot aim for 5-10 lengths at least.
Do these two exercises three times per week as a finisher to a standard calf workout, If your gym has an elliptical trainer machine that has a backwards program use that for cardio and also add some backwards track running if possible, then in a couple of months I guarantee you will be sporting much improved calves!
There is a very interesting PDF article you can download here
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Sweet post! I have my own calve training regimen and this was never a thought. I am definately going to start this up as I am struggling to gain those extra inches.
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