Abs, Forearms And Calves: Why You Should Train Them Each Every Day

Here’s the thing about overtraining  – it’s all depends on the individual and the body part. What is too much for someone and/or a certain muscle may be not enough or just the right amount for another. Such is the case with the abdominals, forearms and calves.

All three of these body parts need to be trained to give them a proper pounding and by hitting them infrequently or not at all is doing them a disservice. That’s the first half of the problem and to solve it all the way, you need to work this trio every day that you are in the gym.

We’re not telling you to do 12 sets each time, but the strategy behind doing four sets for each on a daily basis is the following:

ABS

Does your midsection ever look good enough for you? Of course not. So you need to hit them as much as possible and do so with different exercises that will work them hard. Six packs may be made in the kitchen, but will not be defined unless you break your ass in the gym, too.

Since you are going to be working them four or more times (because anything less for a weekly workout routine is a waste of time), mix it up with one or two weighted movements and a few just using bodyweight. Weighted rope crunches are a good option and hanging leg raises are, as well.

By having multiple days to dedicate to these muscles, you can hit the upper, middle and lower abs, as well as your obliques, on different days. Take advantage of this and try super setting weighted with non-weighted sets.

FOREARMS

There are those guys that feel working their forearms is a waste of time since they feel they get enough just by training their other upper body muscles. But that’s completely false and the only way that you will make them grow is by isolation movements such as wrist and hammer curls.

Because your forearms are being engaged as secondary muscles while working your chest, arms, shoulders and back, you need to focus on them to get them to respond better. And that means training them frequently.

The brachialis is an often-overlooked part of the forearm and because it is attached to the biceps, you can kill two birds with one stone by doing sets of hammers.

CALVES

How many guys in the gym have huge upper bodies but shitty legs, especially their calves? Probably more than not and that includes yourself. And that bullshit excuse that small calves are a case of bad genetics is just that – bullshit. You have to work them hard and often to see improvement.

Because your calves support your body weight merely walking around all day long, training them once a week is a joke. Seated, standing and donkey calf raises are all beneficial, as are super sets on the leg press.

Before you know it, you’ll be wearing shorts in the winter to show off your calves instead of long pants covering them up.