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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My calves.
« on: November 03, 2010, 04:41:47 am »
Wayne Clark has huge calves. He jumps 50 inches.
There's also this bald guy in the gym with huge calves, he can jump 10 inches.
I think great calf strength is key when you couple them with great hip strength. At the same time, if you apply great upperleg strength (quad/glute) into the ground it has to travel through the calves to get there. They can't help but adapt (grow).
So increasing your squat and applying that new strength into the field (plyos, dunking, playing etc) should have a carryover into calf hypertrophy as well. It's going to take time though.
There's also this bald guy in the gym with huge calves, he can jump 10 inches.
I think great calf strength is key when you couple them with great hip strength. At the same time, if you apply great upperleg strength (quad/glute) into the ground it has to travel through the calves to get there. They can't help but adapt (grow).
So increasing your squat and applying that new strength into the field (plyos, dunking, playing etc) should have a carryover into calf hypertrophy as well. It's going to take time though.