I asked John the same question a long time ago, and the below is the
conversation.



John I hope am am doing right here in quoting you, as the question is the same
as I asked you, and it too will save you time.



[quote]John Casler writes:
I would think that reps above 15 reps for calves would limit the load
too much (for me anyhow)

Wayne wrote,
Why would reps above 15 limit the load, what about your 30 reps on other body
parts, would that not too limit the load even more on
the other bodyparts

John Casler writes:

The calves are essentially two main muscles and they are not only the
furthest from the heart, but their bloodflow is impeded by gravity. This
creates a difference as compared to the arms, chest shoulders or back which
have very close proximity to the heart and quick blood return.

They are also "dense" muscles which all adds up to reduced performance at
higher reps in the "strength" area.

Plus calves are conditioned to "endure" but seldom receive maximal loads.
This means they would likely respond best to heavier loads and tensions.
This may vary for different individuals.

My calf and ankle warm ups consists of a set of "no weight" toe raises.[/quote]



There was another little story he told me about himself Boyer Coe and another
Bodybuilder doing, think it was 10 sets of 15, they
would all do the calve raises on the same machine and when one finished the next
would start, this was very painful, but even more
if one of them did not turn up, as then there would be less rest time.



Then there is Ellingtons 50/50 pain.



Wayne




Wayne, why don't you use DCT with calves?



--- In Hitdigest@yahoogroups.com, "WAYNE" <waynegr@...> wrote:
>
> First I would like to state again, this is "my" interpretation of
John Casler's Direct Compensation training. But it's worked a 100%
>
> Hi Wayne sorry if I missed it but How often did you train?And how
much did your weights increase? And how much at a time did you add
> as your reps go down sometimes so is that when you have added
weight? Also how often were you training?Thanks Jeremy
>
> I work each bodypart once every week, and legs twice, alternate
squat and then leg extensions and leg curl, and calves three times,
> on a split, all D.C.T. except calves 10x15, rep speed is 1/2 or
faster.
>
> Tues morning leg curl,
> Tues night leg extension, calve raise,
> thur morning shrugs, triceps pressdowns,
> fri morning one handed curls on the multi biceps
> fri night squats, calve raise
> sun morning one armed Nautilus pullover, finished off with rows,
> sun afternoon one armed nautilus lateral raise finished of with
shoulder press,
> sun night wrist curls, reverse curl, calve raise.
>
> Weights incrested all the time, but I only added 1 pound to each
exercise per training session, and 2 pounds for legs, however over
> a year that is 52 pounds and 104 and two years 104 and 108.
>
> And I added weight every time I reached the desired number of
reps, which was about 95% of the time, it's damn unbelievable
program,
> in my opinion nothing touch's it, only problem most will not grow
or get stronger on it, because most will not stick it, but please
> do, as it's so rewarding.
>
> Wayne
>
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