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Jan 2022
12:34am, 14 Jan 2022
708 posts
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riggys99
Reading Paul Hobroughs book the runner’s expert guide to stretching in the section on calf raises he mentions a young Steve Cram would do 500 calf raises everyday
Decided to start doing them daily went for the beginners sets from the book 3 sets of 15 each leg. Be doing the 3 sets left leg then 3 right leg. 90 a day and I know I have done them.
Just like the press-up thread anyone else wanting to give it a go
So far
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Jan 2022
12:34am, 14 Jan 2022
709 posts
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riggys99
Not sure where the W came from in the title
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Jan 2022
12:35am, 14 Jan 2022
710 posts
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riggys99
W removed 😁
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Jan 2022
7:26am, 14 Jan 2022
797 posts
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Bowman 🇸🇪
I should do this, i have had sore achilles tendons the whole year, maybe this would remedy that.
its sooo boring though, and i´m not sure a can muster up the will power to do pressups, pullups run and calf raises every day..
Humm lets see 
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Jan 2022
8:30am, 14 Jan 2022
32,888 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
I do the odd set in my core/strength sessions, 500 though....I manage 4x15,albeit more would be good. Still doing the mountain climbers and star jumps from fetchmas though.
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Jan 2022
8:34am, 14 Jan 2022
714 posts
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riggys99
No way I could do 500 a day but no way I could be a world record holder either 😁
I do mine at the end of whatever strength session I am doing so it’s only an extra few minutes on top.
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Jan 2022
8:46am, 14 Jan 2022
3,087 posts
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flyingfinn
Reading Paul Hobroughs book the runner’s expert guide to stretching in the section on calf raises he mentions a young Steve Cram would do 500 calf raises everyday Decided to start doing them daily went for the beginners sets from the book 3 sets of 15 each leg. Be doing the 3 sets left leg then 3 right leg. 90 a day and I know I have done them. Just like the press-up thread anyone else wanting to give it a go So far 12 jan 90 13 jan 90
All properly performed strength training is good in moderation but given Cram's subsequent history of calf injuries (pretty much every season from 1984 was disrupted by calf/achilles problems - it's interesting how many newspaper articles on the subject a simple search produces ) I'm not sure that he is the best recommendation for excessive levels....
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Jan 2022
9:50am, 14 Jan 2022
716 posts
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riggys99
Not saying to do 500 a day that is excessive. More like the sort of numbers I am doing as a form of strength training
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Jan 2022
9:54am, 14 Jan 2022
1,766 posts
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Welshpoppy
I do calf raises maybe twice a week to keep Achilles happy so should do more.Will do 4 sets of 15 today.
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Jan 2022
9:56am, 14 Jan 2022
53,736 posts
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Derby Tup
I would think 500 is way beyond capability of the vast majority of people
I find calf raises beneficial when recovering from strained calf muscles and occasional Achilles tendinitis flare ups
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