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Post by moxohol on Oct 17, 2021 20:51:14 GMT
I walk in my ATI Strength Shoes for about 15 minutes. Pump up the calves nicely without alot of conscious effort. Translation: high heels Correction: "high heels" without the mini & lipstick (I can stand on my own).
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Oct 18, 2021 3:50:06 GMT
When we lived on Ibiza we noticed that a lot of the Ibicencos (the natives) had really big calves. Often very much bigger than their upper arms. Not a good look on the women though as Pierini noted above.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 18, 2021 3:59:09 GMT
When I was in school, there was a girl that everyone said had "football calves". Poor thing. Didn't seem to slow her down though.
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Post by moxohol on Oct 18, 2021 4:30:05 GMT
Diamonds (calves) are a girl's best friend (or yours if it's wrapped around ur waist).
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Post by Michael on Oct 18, 2021 21:46:53 GMT
Dredging up an old thread here, but during a rare, I'd much rather avoid it - trip to buy a new pair of jeans, I used the fitting room mirrors to get a snap of my calves. I was pleasantly surprised as they have always been pretty poor, but they look much better than I thought, certainly nit what you could call good calves of course. View AttachmentDefinitely superior lighting, I will admit, but if nothing else, makes me want to start training them properly again. How did You train them before? I've been training mine twice a week.
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Post by macky on Oct 19, 2021 8:49:52 GMT
The only time I've ever worn shorts in public the Police were called by panicky onlookers who thought I was levitating. I ended up being charged with no visible means of support.
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Post by stuke on Oct 19, 2021 14:32:55 GMT
Dredging up an old thread here, but during a rare, I'd much rather avoid it - trip to buy a new pair of jeans, I used the fitting room mirrors to get a snap of my calves. I was pleasantly surprised as they have always been pretty poor, but they look much better than I thought, certainly nit what you could call good calves of course. View AttachmentDefinitely superior lighting, I will admit, but if nothing else, makes me want to start training them properly again. How did You train them before? I've been training mine twice a week. Tried all sorts Michael, recent months very little of anything.
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Post by stormshadow on Oct 19, 2021 14:37:24 GMT
Dredging up an old thread here, but during a rare, I'd much rather avoid it - trip to buy a new pair of jeans, I used the fitting room mirrors to get a snap of my calves. I was pleasantly surprised as they have always been pretty poor, but they look much better than I thought, certainly nit what you could call good calves of course. View AttachmentDefinitely superior lighting, I will admit, but if nothing else, makes me want to start training them properly again. Those are not calves Stuke they are cows. Nice
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Post by stormshadow on Oct 19, 2021 14:38:36 GMT
I think the culture that has huge calves are Samoans and both sexes.
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Post by macky on Oct 19, 2021 19:22:41 GMT
The Samoans are huge people in their own right. Tongans too. They get even bigger as time goes on, and the only ones I've ever known to survive into older age are those that kept their weight down through diet and exercise, or at least moving around a lot.
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Post by billfish on Oct 19, 2021 19:35:44 GMT
The Samoans are huge people in their own right. Tongans too. They get even bigger as time goes on, and the only ones I've ever known to survive into older age are those that kept their weight down through diet and exercise, or at least moving around a lot. Yep...and the ladies aren't those gorgeous south seas gals we see in the movies either The king of Tonga came aboard my ship as we were there to celebrate Tongan Independence Day.....that boy really tipped the scales ! Been in both Tonga and American Samoa and was glad to leave both places Did see some beauties in Tahiti though
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Post by billfish on Oct 19, 2021 19:43:44 GMT
I don't buy any of that....I never had big calves or legs and it didn't make any difference in anything I did or my health And I have done a lot of walking, running, carrying, stair climbing, tower climbing etc If you want to strengthen your calves and ankles....walk, run.... use them ! Calf raises are almost as boring as ab exercises and probably as useless Some of these guys make some real farfetched claims
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Post by macky on Oct 20, 2021 2:57:34 GMT
The Samoans are huge people in their own right. Tongans too. They get even bigger as time goes on, and the only ones I've ever known to survive into older age are those that kept their weight down through diet and exercise, or at least moving around a lot. Yep...and the ladies aren't those gorgeous south seas gals we see in the movies either The king of Tonga came aboard my ship as we were there to celebrate Tongan Independence Day.....that boy really tipped the scales ! Been in both Tonga and American Samoa and was glad to leave both places Did see some beauties in Tahiti though You bet. It's a wonder the king didn't put 10 degrees Port list on your ship when he came aboard. I've seen some of the Tahitians, they've got the "best of both worlds" in their physical make-up, in general. Most of the Samoans here are from Western Samoa, which used to be German Samoa before WW1, rapidly annexed by NZ to deny the Germans a port for their Commerce raiders. Quite a few therefore have German names and the mentality to go with it. In other words, never argue with a Samoan who has "that look" on his face i.e. a stone statue. You might as well spend half an hour arguing with the mailbox out at the gate. In a positive light, they are great organizers for their park events except the guy that's holding the megaphone sometimes has to be told to quieten it down. The surrounding houses occupants don't want to hear replays of the Nuremburg rallies. It's true. I had to call Noise Control one Saturday afternoon. Hitler was going full bore. Things quietened down to just "loud' after 20 minutes. They are okay if you reason with them, AND you represent Authority. Real German. The women get to be easier to jump over than walk around. Sitting under the trees while the men play volleyball, nibbling away at taro and corned "biff". A lot of seven seaters and vans here in South Auckland, because there are many who can only get in through the sliding side door into the back, with one or two seats removed. Imagine waking up to that in the morning. To be fair, many younger ones are now keeping up with their exercises after they have kids, and are only large, not huge.
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Post by lardy on Oct 20, 2021 8:17:15 GMT
I don't get how the Islanders mentioned are so big, we don't get many in the UK , but i'm pretty fat and I have had periods of eating junk until i'm exploding and I still have no where near as much fat as these guys and what's more shocking is how athletic they are at that weight, ofcourse that's a stereo type but my eyes don't lie .
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 20, 2021 11:38:01 GMT
Here's big boy Bud Jeffries, blasting a watermelon with a sawed-off shotgun while doing a one arm handstand:
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