Calves symmetry issue

[maassive]

I used to be a truck driver, and as a result of working a hard clutch so frequently I have developed a left calf muscle that is quite obviously much larger than my right. However, the seem to be both much the same in terms of strength.

What is the best way to correct this?

[Shutupandsquat]

http://www.nzbodybuilding.co.nz/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11464

[maassive]

http://www.nzbodybuilding.co.nz/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11464

thanks mate, I actually read this one when it was current. It is about biceps, for which symmetry is a much easier thing to fix.

What I'm really after is a way to focus on one calf more than the other and some recommendations for training style ie rep numbers etc to try and bring the size up. It's not a case of one failing before the other or anything, I can lift equally on unilateral exercises so i'm not sure if I should be doing a different style on each calf, or perhaps not even training the bigger one for a while??

Or maybe this will even up on its own - has anyone ever experienced that?

[Shutupandsquat]

It's the same thing though. His was a strength issue; yours is size. But you would still train the smaller one first in the set, then do the bigger one straight after. I don't know why it's like that. Just is. Hell, you could train each to failure since they're equal in strength. Just train the smaller one first. If you change rep numbers you'll find one stronger than the other or end up out growing the other and you'll have the same predicament, just different calf.

[maassive]

ok - and that should sort it out? that sounds easier than i thought. sweet.

[Optimass]

post a picture mate - may be corrected with training ... or if its real bad may need an implant :grin:

calf grows real slow because they can handle a lot of abuse.

I wouldn't worry too much about it most guys have two shit ones :pfft: - if you train for long enough eventually it will probably correct itself. If you train only one side the under developed one will probably catch up over time - but it wont look the same as the bigger one.

[oldfella]

Mate, what were you driving?

I drove milk tankers for 13 years and only got tennis elbow on the gear change arm. Bloody Scanias. Most clutches even back then were air assisted.

Great shoulder work though, chucking the milk hose up onto the tanker 40 add times a day.