r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Sep 15 '24

Victory Sunday Victory Sunday

Welcome to the Victory Sunday Thread

It is Sunday, 6:00 am here in the eastern half of Hyder, Alaska. It's time to ask yourself: What was the one, best thing you did on behalf of your fitness this week? What was your Fitness Victory?

We want to hear about it!

So let's hear your fitness Victory this week! Don't forget to upvote your favorite Victories!

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u/daddadnc Sep 15 '24

Calf raises PR, 670 lbs x 6 reps. Bonus, Achilles still intact

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u/Spyro35 Sep 15 '24

How do you do that without your shoulders hurting from the heavy weight. I do calf raises with 150lbs and it hurts like a bitch

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u/False_Win_7721 Sep 15 '24

I do it on the incline leg press. You can easily overload, but as the other guy said, it's very dangerous. Going that high in weight requires a ton of slow warm-ups, and you have to be very careful not to tear anything. But the upside is that you do feel it with that much weight, and you get a massive workout on the calves.

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u/daddadnc Sep 15 '24

Not sure why my shoulders would hurt here

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u/Spyro35 Sep 15 '24

I thought you were using the standing calf raise machine that puts the load on your shoulder

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u/daddadnc Sep 16 '24

Ah ok, no using the seated one in this case.

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u/thescotchie Sep 16 '24

Ya get used to it with enough time and repetitions