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| Lower Leg Training (Read 1176 times) |
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posted: 2/29/2008 at 7:07 PM |
| I thought I had big calves....Trent, put a measuring tape on those puppies. I am dying to know how big they are unflexed. |
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posted: 2/29/2008 at 10:51 PM |
16 1/2 inches around.
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posted: 3/1/2008 at 1:30 AM |
Quote from Trent on 2/29/2008 at 4:30 PM: Calves running me up Pikes Peak marathon.
You know what they say....
" it Aint the length, it's the GIRTH"....... 
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posted: 3/1/2008 at 1:47 AM |
| Quote from Trent on 2/29/2008 at 10:51 PM: 16 1/2 inches around.
Pictures to come...
You got me by 1/2 inch. |
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posted: 3/1/2008 at 3:33 AM |
| Quote from DJ Marcus on 3/1/2008 at 1:47 AM: You got me by 1/2 inch.
Sigh.
It's no fun hitting them out of the park when you toss up softballs like that. The joke's so obvious I'm not even gonna bother.
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posted: 3/1/2008 at 7:30 PM |
| Quote from Trent on 2/29/2008 at 10:51 PM: 16 1/2 inches around.
Pictures to come...
Dayum...I just measured mine over tights...about 15.25" (so probably under 15"). You gots some serious legs, Mister! |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:37 AM |
Damn, 16.5" is impressive! All this measuring got me curious. 15.5" here. I've always had bird legs. 
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:43 AM |
Big calves aren't good guys. It adds weight to the lever. Look at Kenyans legs, small calves, small feet. The shorter and lighter the lever the quicker the leg swing. Just pointing that out.
To the OP. Take a can of paint. Hang it from your toe and lift. You can progress by getting bigger and bigger cans. Resistance band is just as effective. |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 4:50 AM |
| Quote from Anelope on 3/2/2008 at 4:43 AM: Big calves aren't good guys. It adds weight to the lever. Look at Kenyans legs, small calves, small feet. The shorter and lighter the lever the quicker the leg swing. Just pointing that out.
Dayum! So it's my disproportionately large calves making me slow...  |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 12:45 PM
modified: 3/2/2008 at 12:45 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/2/2008 at 4:50 AM:Dayum! So it's my disproportionately large calves making me slow...
crap...I didn't need to know this....measured at 17.25 inches.....no wonder I am in the back of the pack....comes from too much weight lifting all these years  |
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posted: 3/2/2008 at 2:25 PM |
Quote from cagery on 3/2/2008 at 12:45 PM:....no wonder I am in the back of the pack....comes from too much weight lifting all these years
Mine are big for no good reason. Even when I was a size 2 HS track runner my legs were tree trunk-like. |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 9:35 PM |
| Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/2/2008 at 2:25 PM: Mine are big for no good reason. Even when I was a size 2 HS track runner my legs were tree trunk-like.
Mine are too. My nick name growing up was "tree trunks", though I never ran until last year. Mine are 18". So much for a Kenyan time, I suppose... |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 10:03 PM |
Mine used to be normal sized until I started cycling and they won't get smaller!!! |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 10:04 PM |
| I used to have big calves and people would ask me if I did gymnastics (which I never did). Now I think they've actually slimmed down a little bit. |
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posted: 3/3/2008 at 10:17 PM |
| Quote from Mississippi on 3/3/2008 at 10:04 PM: I used to have big calves and people would ask me if I did gymnastics (which I never did). Now I think they've actually slimmed down a little bit.
How? I do resistance training in the gym 2-3 times per week and have done legs in the past, but my legs just got too damn big. I can look at a squat rack and feel my quads growing, but my upper body lags in comparison. My lower body looks something like a soccer player and my upper body like a boxer (and not a big one). I am so unbalanced.
I think it's funny though when the huge gorilla dudes at the gym who have bird legs ask me what I do for leg workouts and I just say "run". They about shit themselves. |
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