Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Mihail Pautov discussing strength training. The speakers emphasize the importance of leg workouts because large-muscle training produces systemic anabolic effects ("like dropping a stone in a pool"). They note that calves need at least two distinct exercises (soleus + gastrocnemius) while many lifters overtrain small muscles like the biceps despite their limited functions.
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How many exercises you do for calves? I usually skip the legs day. And that's not a joke. Like, I mean, yeah, it's a joke, but that's the hardest day. That's the most productive day. Yeah. Really? Yeah, because you're working the biggest muscles in your body and it has a knock on effect like dropping a stone in a pool. So if you just did legs, your arms would also grow a little bit. Okay. Because it's like a systemic effect. Yeah, yeah. So the stress from training the legs is the most beneficial workout you can do? Of course it's the toughest. Yeah. But the reason I asked you how many exercises you do for calves is because I said two exercises for biceps and you seem to be surprised, which is a normal reaction. What biceps the most? The muscle that everyone shows the most. But. Yeah, but what does it do? It only has two functions. So I see guys, they want to do four exercises for biceps, but they don't do anything for calves. Or they do one or two. Yeah, yeah, but you have two muscles here. Yeah. You and have the soleus underneath you have two muscles. So you need at least two exercises in order to exercise this muscle. Right? At least two. Why don't we do three or four? Because it's calves. People don't think about it. It's. This is the muscle that you associate with. Hey, I've got muscles. Since you're a kid. Right. So yeah, people tend to want to do more for biceps. But why? It's like one of the smallest muscles in the body with a very simple function. Two exercises. If you don't do it, forget it, you know.