I wish I had a picture of my uncles calves they are even bigger than Tua’s, biggest calves I’ve ever seen.Perhaps P4P indeed, but has nothing on Tua.
Though it's not fair with HW vs LW, I guess.
Tired of these, dont skip leg day kids...Probably never lifted or just started and just discovered that fitness meme.
Anyways they always attack Jon Jones calfs....trying to imply he is weak because of it.
If anything, Jon Jones living proof that Calfs are the most pointless muscle known to man.
Absolutely irrelevant in the purest sport ever...MMA/Fighting...It simply has no purpose.
Anybody who is a real lifter, or knows about athletics, knows its pointless and its 80% genetic depended.....Sadly sherdog kids who just started lifting have no idea.
You kids sound pathetic typing "Don't skip Leg day"...Literally the worst Fitness meme out there...not to mention, these days, I see less people doing bench press than squats.
Video of the baddest man on the planet having to deal with this calf nonsense.
All No Calf people know that feel.
I use to be ridiculed about having no calfs and use to be self conscious...but after seeing Jones destroy you normal calf people..I know for a fact that they are pointless.
Anyways as part of No Calf Master Race like Mr.Jones...I feel proud of Jones success, and hope he keeps on being the GOAT, proving that us no calf people will easily destroy you cankle people.
Calf muscles provide foot flexion which is a necessary bodily function, but not required for athletic prowess.
Its more to do with the height of the inserts rather than the size....so if you were lanky like Jones, it would take more muscle to make you look jacked than if you were Sean Sherk. But that's still a disadvantage when it comes to weight lifting - Sherk probably benched more than Jones because his ROM was tiny. However, the calf is not being recruited through any ROM so it nullifies that effect...Scanning the article I saw a lot about sprinting, nothing regarding jumping. But I appreciate the effort and do recognize the merit that the size of a given muscle may misrepresent a person's capability in a given task.
Depends on what kind of 'athletic prowess" we're talking about, I guess.
It seems that main function of calves is indeed stability, flexing and maneuvering the feet, just like forearms support hand and fingers.
So they are probably important to ability to turn, stop, change direction when running very quickly: