Calves exercises will have a huge impact on your athletic appearance. But first, let me explain what this is all about in 102 words:
The fitness niche is full of muscular and strong people who still dont look like athletes. Somethings wrong about their appearance. The problem is that they are exercising, but not like athletes. Hence, they do not display the characteristics of an athletic person which is regarded as the most attractive look around the world.
Now, if you knew the exact elements that make up an athletic body, you could easily focus on these elements and build your own athletic body quickly. And this is what this article is about: unveiling these characteristics. So lets get started!
Lean and Muscular
The first element of an athletic body is having an overall lean and muscular stature. This can be quite a challenge for anyone starting out. Its so much easier to be in a caloric surplus and pump them weights than it is to build a lean and muscular body. But its well worth the effort to ultimately build the naturally good looking body of an athlete.
Anyways, to look lean and muscular you must have a low body fat percentage. You achieve this by being in a caloric deficit of 500 calories every day. At the same time, though, you must exercise and lift heavy weights. Dont judge your body fat by whether youre skinny or chubby. Ive seen enough of really skinny guys with a body fat percentage of 15%. Find out your exact body fat percentage with a fat caliper its so cheap and by far the easiest and most practical way to measure your body fat.
Your goal should be to have between 8% and 10% body fat. Once youre there, you WILL look lean and muscular. Now its just a matter of exercising more if you feel like you need more muscles. And believe me, its so much easier to do when you already have low body fat. Because with such a low body fat percentage, all your muscles will look way more defined and youll actually look much stronger than you would with 13% body fat for example.
But thats not the whole story, yet. There are two more elements, and one of them is about calves exercises. Everything will come together and make sense, so just keep reading.
Abs
Abs is probably the element that everyone sees as the main element of an athletic body. Hence, I dont need to explain why you need good abs to look athletic. However, before you start doing crunches you must know that abs mostly depend on your body fat. The only way to have a great abs is if you have low body fat percentage. In other words, if you are lean and have low body fat, you WILL have abs.
To shape your abs, though, do more core exercises like planks, leg raises and roll outs instead of only crunches.
Legs and Calves
This element is going to be the most crucial one. Its going to have the biggest impact on your athletic appearance. And this is your legs and calves.
The reason for that is simple: Nobody in the fitness niche ever works out their calves properly! The only sportsmen with well-developed calves are athletes like Basketball players or Football players for example. So, if you come along with real nice calf muscles, people will automatically think of you as an athlete. Moreover, strong legs with good calf muscles are one of the three elements of an attractive and athletic body. Only very few have this element, hence you’ll stand out.
The fact is, athletes need strong legs to perform well in their sport. Think of Ice Hockey players for example. But most fitness people dont have strong legs, and if they do, their calves muscles are still not very visible.
So here are the three elements you need to focus on and you WILL look very athletic and, consequently, have a body that everyone regards as extremely attractive:
– Lean and muscular stature (= your diet and lifting weights)
– Good abs (= your diet)
– Visible leg and especially calf muscles (= calves exercises)
Why nobody knows how to build bigger calves
Now, some might actually do one or two calves exercises as part of their workout routines. And nine out of ten times the calves look the same, even though they get stronger. The reason for that is that calf training is different. You cannot apply calves exercises like your upper body exercises if you want to see visible growth in your calf muscles.