Michael Schneider
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Hy Robin!
Calves are really tricky to develop if you don’t have them. For me the 2 most important things are full range of motion. Go into a deep stretch and peak contraction without “swinging” the weight or sloppy form. Really lift it with your calves. The are used to a lot of volume trough walking all day long. So I made best gains, training them really heavy (with perfect form)! Like a 5-8 rep range. They can also take a lot of intensity techniques like drop or rest pause sets!
And I would prioritize them. When you just do a few sloppy sets at the end of your leg day when you are already exhausted, they won’t grow. Train them first in your workout 2-3 time per week and they will grow. Slowly but the will! -
4th day no gym and I’m so fired up to train again! Tomorrow will be NABBA Worlds in Belfast with my buddy Kevin and I can’t wait how he is looking next to the top guys in the men 1 class. I’m also very excited how my class is going to look and how I would look next to them! This motivates me a lot! I hope it’s going to be a great world championship. I competed in Belfast once in 2014 and the crowd was amazing!
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It’s all about caloric output vs caloric intake when it comes to loosing bodyfat but when you try to keep as much muscle as possible i would keep my protein intake high and lower carbs and fats.
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Try to get leaner. If your weights are still progressing i think you are not really in “survival mode” in your diet. Everybody has different places with stubborn bodyfat areas. And they always go last in your diet.
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Adress what causes the problem first and than find a way to work around it.
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Never push trough the pain. See a good massage therapist, chiropractor or sports medicine.
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Maybe i would place it earlier in your routine or like Haider said do a couple more warm up sets till you feel warm enough to hit some heavy weights
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Another rest day today. Slowely mybody is feeling recovered again. Yesterday i did a lot of stretching and black roll. The older and stronger i get the more important such things become. I can squat and deadlift totally pain free afters years of heaving knee and back pain. Mobility is such an important factor for longevity in this sport.
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Don’t forget you adductors. Especially when you have got long legs!
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Try some different foot placements buddy. When leg pressing place your feet low on the platform. Also hacksquats or smith machine squats. Also pre exhaustion with leg extensions may to a good job!
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I think this is mostly from water retention! Reduce your carbs a little bit and add some cardio until you get rid of the water and than go back up slowely with cal again!
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Like Kevin said: I would always go by the mirror! It doesn’t matter what a certain method says! When you look great you look great. But thickness of your skin is always a good indicator!
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My back is still feeling very sore today! Decided to take another day of rest and may add a couple more depending on how I feel and go to hit the gym again when I feel completely recovered! To cool thing is, now I can feel soreness in all specific parts of my back where I was focusing during my sessions. Never felt this so extreme before and shows me that I hit everything what I want! I can’t wait how my back is going to look when I am in contest shape again!
Had a fantastic 45min walk fasted in the morning. Feels great to walk in the sunshine and makes me feel better immediately!
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Depends a lot on your individual hip structure. If you feel it better this way I would stick to this technique. Just make sure that you doen’t cheat with your lower back on lying hamstring curls!
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Rest pause sets are intensiviers to your workout that I would use sparely because they can lead to into overtraining pretty fast. As long as you are making progress in your regular sets I wouldn’t use them at all. And when you use them I would only do it for just one exercise per workout on a muscle group you want to develop! Train to failure. Rest for 10-15 seconds and go to failure again! I wouldn’t use them on really heavy compounds at all like deadlifts or squats!