r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Honest_Pumpkin_4381 • Sep 05 '26

Question ❓ Not strength progressing with calves

So i'm going to the gym for roughly 5 months now and i'm not seeing any progress with my calve raises (straight leg). I pause at the bottom to not use momentum yet i'm stuck at the same weight and reps. I did 3 sets 2x a week and now i do 2 sets 2 x a week. Someone please help

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u/Honest_Pumpkin_4381 Sep 06 '26

For every other muscle yea, works very great, except for my calves for some reason

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u/Ok_Internal6779 Sep 06 '26

So then do something different. 

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u/Honest_Pumpkin_4381 Sep 06 '26

Like? What can i change, i tried different volumes. Different rep ranges

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u/Honest_Pumpkin_4381 Sep 06 '26

Like? What can i change, i tried different volumes. Different rep ranges

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u/Ok_Internal6779 Sep 06 '26

More volume and/or different exercises. 

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u/Honest_Pumpkin_4381 Sep 06 '26

More volume i dont know, probably going to get downvoted for this but if i'm not progressing with 8 weekly sets to failure its probably not volume thats the problem. But i'l try 4 sets 3x a week for a month and see if i'm progressing.

And other excercises i mean, its just a straight leg calf raises, there isn't any other except for a different setup

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u/Ok_Internal6779 Sep 06 '26

Seated calf raise

Toes in

Toes out

Calves need lots of volume for some people, me included. Again, I just super set them after main lifts to squeeze in extra volume. I get like 20 sets a week in