The calves are considered the hardest place in the body to add mass to. At the same time this is the muscle that carries your whole body in your walking, running, and standing. Basically it carries you as long as you are on your feet.
The skeletal function of the calf muscle is to extend your toes. This extension is the move you do on the machine to build your calves. But you have to be careful while doing this move not to bend your ankles and do the move on the outside of your feet. If you do you risk injury of the ankle and this is not something you want to do to yourself.
Practice first with light weights until you master the control over this move, then increase the weight as you grow.
The following youtube video Ben Pakulski, who's famous for his enormous calves, is showing us how to train calves properly.
Ben has a degree in kinesiology and is a pro bodybuilder. He is also famous for his MI40 bodybuilding training that he sells on his website. He lives here in Toronto, if you want to train with him he's the best in my humble opinion.
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