The calves are one of the most notoriously stubborn body parts to build. That much is no secret! There are plenty of strong and jacked lifters who look like chicken-legged pretenders in a pair of gym shorts (as commenters love to point out).
As someone who did not hit the genetic lottery of natural lower-leg development, bringing up this region of the body has been a performance and aesthetic focus of mine for as long as I can remember. But I've also learned a few important things along the way.
For one, most people should definitely train calves hard at least twice a week, even if you don't see much payoff from it in terms of size. The calves are powerful muscles that factor into everything you do in the gym and outside of it, and not training them isn't the answer.
But there's another big reason. Training calves is also, in my experience, the best way to build that quality that everybody blames for their terrible squat and lunge form: ankle mobility.
Best of all, calf training...
Source: Calf Raise Death Set: This Is How To End Leg Day
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