Always appreciate your videos whenever you can do them Tom! Marx Max Muscle regularly gives you shout outs and misses your content as do the rest of us!
@@gabbeskillz6262 okay, thats your opinion lol. Alot of people like him. They are two completely different types of channels so can't really compare them to eachother anyway.
@@harinivasanc9490 I'm not entirely sure, but I can make an educated assumption. Calves are a notoriously difficult body part to develop, of which they have 3 variables to their size: Genetics, Training, and Steroids. All the top pro's train as hard as possible, which rules it out, genetics can't be changed, and some just naturally will have smaller calves than others, but steroids, and the cycle you take can be changed. It might be probable that some people on this list took more gear than others to try and get even bigger than someone of identical genetics to them, in which, their calves would be bigger. More steroids = More average fatality rate.
Damn each time I look at Jurassic Paul, I'm in awe of how goddamn massive yet somewhat aesthetic this dude was. As for the Ranking I would have several guys over Jay. Can't really see, why he places in this ranking. Edit: My bad, he was an honourable mention, sorry Tom 😅 And like you said, Nr. 1 was pretty much reserved.
It's such a shame Dillet couldn't hold poses because He clearly has some of the best genetics in history, aside from his back he was almost flawless......
Whoaa.. i'm binge watching your top 10 series these days and totally loving it.. and u just uploaded another one.. my fvrt BB channel without a doubt💯❤
i really loved this one! Dallas was a little too low to my taste, but all the entries were incredible. 💪 This series inspired me to start a similar sort of thing on my own channel, so thank you for that.
Hey Tom, could you make a video breaking down the vocabulary that is used describing a bodybuilders physique? Ie: dryness, separation, insertions conditioning, etc? I feel like a video by you describing these terms with bodybuilders who fit them well would be a home run! Thanks for posting these. -Nick
@@ImYourHuckleberry_29thinking of Steve Reeves, you are correct especially for this time. They weren’t super massive physiques but his calves did look good for that era.
Plz u gotta make a best legs of all time. This is prolly my favorite series on the channel and I have been looking forward to who makes it on the best legs list
Thank you for your content! I love that you are not afraid to make waves because you really put in time and effort to researching! Keep it coming, please!
I pretty much agree with your list maybe not in the exact order but Tom platz should be number three all time. I met him before I ever was involved in bodybuilding. So it was before 1989. His calves were freaking enormous but even more special than that is the definition and separation and striations his calves possessed. I would say Dorian first and I haven't watch the rest of the video after the Tom platz. Mike matarazzo second. Platts 3rd and Paul dalet 4th. It really is a tough body part because what are we really looking for. Nasser was a top 10 Cavs also.
Calves are my favourite bodypart to work on at the gym. My upper body strength is average but my legs seem to be way above average, especially my calves. I'm short, stocky and 57 but I can easily max out the calf raise machines.
You should do a list of the best “highly inserted calves” like Kai, Rhoden etc. Think that would be an interesting video that’s definitely never been done before.
Like someone mention... I too become excited when you upload to bad I can't put a gun to your head to make you upload more frequent. The way you choose your words, your diction and intellectuality is beyond any other bodybuilding channel out there. I'd say you're one of the smartest bodybuilders I've come across. You're like a modern Shawn Ray just the TH-cam version of him. Shawn was also/is another brilliant bodybuilder. Do you also speak French? What is your main language? I speak English, Spanish, somewhat Arabic, understand fluently Portuguese, alittle Italian even found that over the years got to naturally understand Russian to a certain degree. I believe Lui Marco speaks like 5 languages. He's French, Lybian decent I believe.
i absolutely agree, i have learned so much from this guy not only bodybuilding-wise, but also the way he speaks... he just sounds so learned and sort of exquisite. 👍👍 i'm also looking forward to some new Tomn8er videos. by the way, youre knowledge of languages is really impressive to me! i can only speak my native language, decent english and a tiny little german... but i like languages and I'm working on it 😃
Random old fat balding dude in Meijer had all these dudes blown away easily. I almost asked for dudes autograph, his calves were so huge, vascular, and impressive.
Paul Dillett is the perfect example of a bodybuilder who looks great from the front but weak from the back. Nasser is the same way but fall short from the back as well. Ben Pakulsky should have been higher up the list!
I remember a dude named Roger Stewart in the early 90s was always getting the spotlight in the muscle mags for his awesome calves. His calves weren't the biggest but the shape of em were sumthin' special.
I was thinking Fankhouser should be number one but didn't there was any chance he'd even make the list! I had a chance to do a couple workouts with him back in the late 2000's.
shawn rhoden had elegant calves, even though not too much big, above all in their proportion with soleus shape and perfectly in flow with his phenomenal upper legs; today, a bb with fantastic calves shape is roman fritz
I didn't think anybody's calves could beat out Mike Matarazzo's but yes Erik Fankhouser's did. 💪🏾 I at least expected to see Roger Stewart's calves on the honorable mention list? 😕
I'm good friends with Jeff Long, and he frequently trains as my gym when visiting Sarasota, FL. Even today, nearly 4 years retired, his calves measure just short of 22" 😱😱 and he's 5' 6.5" 220lbs. It's madness to witness the proportion of his calves (and entire legs for that matter) related to his stature.
That's ridiculous... He also has freakish arms. I remember an off season picture of him floating the internet back in the day him hitting a front double bicep shot. To me his arms were huge...
@@tazz5406 yeah he has wild biceps and vascularity. Not as crazy in the triceps but he said at his peak, his arms were 21." Now he probably has 19.5-20" guns.
Saying Tom platz didn’t make the cut pretty much says Al u need to say about this b/s list I’m all about liking your eras being a fanboy but if u like bodybuilding u should respect it’s history from the beginning till now
Some fun facts: 1) Jay grew his calves because of his sister, who asked him why he has calves so weak for such a muscular guy, and these words hurt Jay, therefore he grew them. 2) At one time, Mattarazzo hurt one of his calves, and when asked what happened he said its because he doesn't train his calves and they are weak.
I knew for sure that the third place pick wasn't going to get first, because of the guy in second, but I always get that _"shock and awe"_ factor when I see pics of the number one guy. Damn. Not sure that beef will ever be surpassed. Belgian blues indeed.
you have no idea how excited i get every time I see a upload. Best bodybuilding content out there, not even close
@Mike Rauch i love marc as well but the quality is just not the same. Tilted thusly
@Mike Rauch nobody cares about striated glutes
Fr
The most dominant bodybuilding content
MarxMax is legit as heck
Always appreciate your videos whenever you can do them Tom! Marx Max Muscle regularly gives you shout outs and misses your content as do the rest of us!
Marx Max Muscle is boring af. I will never lose interest when listening to the Tomn8er.
@@gabbeskillz6262 okay, thats your opinion lol. Alot of people like him. They are two completely different types of channels so can't really compare them to eachother anyway.
Matarazzo calves always blew me away. Great video, calves are so overlooked now days but really an awesome muscle.
PLEASE DO THE 10 BEST GLUTES!! I know you said you won't do it but it would be epic!
Yes
Please don’t
Better calves = lower life expectancy?
A worthy trade off
I see this as an absolute win!
Yes
Hey could you explain why is that the case for bigger calves?
@@harinivasanc9490 I'm not entirely sure, but I can make an educated assumption. Calves are a notoriously difficult body part to develop, of which they have 3 variables to their size: Genetics, Training, and Steroids. All the top pro's train as hard as possible, which rules it out, genetics can't be changed, and some just naturally will have smaller calves than others, but steroids, and the cycle you take can be changed. It might be probable that some people on this list took more gear than others to try and get even bigger than someone of identical genetics to them, in which, their calves would be bigger. More steroids = More average fatality rate.
@@harinivasanc9490 the opposite is true. Small calves lead to a lower life expectancy.
Imagine if Paul jurassic dillet never had all those health problems in the back or nervous system he would of been an olympia beast
Tom, I owe my growing interest in bodybuilding to your analyses and I'm thankful for that. Always appreciate a new video 🙏
Big facts. This dude has gotten me into bodybuilding like the NFL and UFC. I'm obsessed
Damn each time I look at Jurassic Paul, I'm in awe of how goddamn massive yet somewhat aesthetic this dude was. As for the Ranking I would have several guys over Jay. Can't really see, why he places in this ranking.
Edit: My bad, he was an honourable mention, sorry Tom 😅
And like you said, Nr. 1 was pretty much reserved.
It's such a shame Dillet couldn't hold poses because He clearly has some of the best genetics in history, aside from his back he was almost flawless......
Paul looked like a god
He was amazing but worst poser of all time
So hype to see this series continued
Whoaa.. i'm binge watching your top 10 series these days and totally loving it.. and u just uploaded another one.. my fvrt BB channel without a doubt💯❤
The flexing Dutch man was a solid honorable mention! I thought matarazzo would be n1. Great video!
Thank you for the series man. It was so damn good!
Arnold had some of the best calves of his era.
Yes! 👍👍
Yes but Jerry Brainum said they were implants
loved this series very much, thank you for your dedicated work towards these
To say how much I love your vids would be an understatement. Best bodybuilding analysis channel on TH-cam. Period.
The most forgotten bodypart in modern bodynuilding :D
Sadly, yes!!
: D
i really loved this one! Dallas was a little too low to my taste, but all the entries were incredible. 💪
This series inspired me to start a similar sort of thing on my own channel, so thank you for that.
Hey Tom, could you make a video breaking down the vocabulary that is used describing a bodybuilders physique? Ie: dryness, separation, insertions conditioning, etc? I feel like a video by you describing these terms with bodybuilders who fit them well would be a home run! Thanks for posting these.
-Nick
That's a great idea for a vid
It is hard to name top 10. However, Vince Taylor had great calves too. He deserves at least honorable mention.
Good call. So does Steve Reeves
@@ImYourHuckleberry_29thinking of Steve Reeves, you are correct especially for this time. They weren’t super massive physiques but his calves did look good for that era.
0:01 Tom Platz Jaw is so big you can see it from the from the back
Roger Stewart, Vince Taylor, Danny Padilla, Sergio Olivia(for his time) all had great calves
Yeah I competed against Vince Taylor at an amateur show in 1987. When I saw his calves backstage I was in awe.
This body building junk is out of control. What am ego. It's repulsive.
@@patriciacolombini6567 don't watch then you snowflake
@@patriciacolombini6567 Judge much?
Thanks for the effort you put in 🙏🏻🥇
Calves are my favourite bodypart. I had Yates and Matarrazzo as top G's in this area and I was happy with your list.
We need more uploads Tom! Absolutely love the content. I need more!!
Well done Tom. Thanks for the excellent bodybuilding content!
love your narration
Plz u gotta make a best legs of all time. This is prolly my favorite series on the channel and I have been looking forward to who makes it on the best legs list
Yyyeess! Thanks for the upload, kindest regards Tom, Richard U.K
Thank you for your content! I love that you are not afraid to make waves because you really put in time and effort to researching! Keep it coming, please!
Great one as always tom!. I'll be waiting for that top ten legs
1:18 that might be the best photo of a set of calves from the front ever what the serious fuck!
Thanks for the video! Merry Christmas.
The best bodybuilding analysis channel by far
Yea Tommy boy awesome the best channel on the tube has rung my bell love it.
Looking forward to seeing best legs (overall) series
Tom platz would take that easily
He already did it
@@labnd7964 kai and branch will give him a serious run
@@Pale25126 no he hasnt
@@stephencurran2284 Would you put Phil Heath in that convo as well?
You are the best, Tom!!!
I pretty much agree with your list maybe not in the exact order but Tom platz should be number three all time. I met him before I ever was involved in bodybuilding. So it was before 1989. His calves were freaking enormous but even more special than that is the definition and separation and striations his calves possessed. I would say Dorian first and I haven't watch the rest of the video after the Tom platz. Mike matarazzo second. Platts 3rd and Paul dalet 4th. It really is a tough body part because what are we really looking for. Nasser was a top 10 Cavs also.
Thanks for all the videos man 😊
You back! I have been waiting for your quality content for a while now.
Calves are my favourite bodypart to work on at the gym. My upper body strength is average but my legs seem to be way above average, especially my calves. I'm short, stocky and 57 but I can easily max out the calf raise machines.
You should do a list of the best “highly inserted calves” like Kai, Rhoden etc. Think that would be an interesting video that’s definitely never been done before.
i just wanna say what a great idea 👌
Arnold and Platz should have been in the top ten. Reg Park, honorable mention. But good job.
For silver era, Reg had some amazing calves. So did Reeves.
Another golden era honorable mention would be Mentzer
And we're back! Keep it coming
finally boys ,tom has remembered his channel's passowrd !!!
Like someone mention... I too become excited when you upload to bad I can't put a gun to your head to make you upload more frequent. The way you choose your words, your diction and intellectuality is beyond any other bodybuilding channel out there. I'd say you're one of the smartest bodybuilders I've come across. You're like a modern Shawn Ray just the TH-cam version of him. Shawn was also/is another brilliant bodybuilder. Do you also speak French? What is your main language? I speak English, Spanish, somewhat Arabic, understand fluently Portuguese, alittle Italian even found that over the years got to naturally understand Russian to a certain degree. I believe Lui Marco speaks like 5 languages. He's French, Lybian decent I believe.
i absolutely agree, i have learned so much from this guy not only bodybuilding-wise, but also the way he speaks... he just sounds so learned and sort of exquisite. 👍👍 i'm also looking forward to some new Tomn8er videos.
by the way, youre knowledge of languages is really impressive to me! i can only speak my native language, decent english and a tiny little german... but i like languages and I'm working on it 😃
Best bodybuilding channel no question
It amazes me how huge these calves are considering its an absorption muscle and not a strength muscle. I wish I was blessed.
really good job buddy! great video!
nice vid Tom, appreciate your content.
awesome video bro!!! loved it!!!
Been waiting for this for so long. Thank you
It's 04:16 in Germany right now, on my way to the airport to arrive to my home in Spain for xmas around 19:30, this just made my fucking made. Thx Tom
One person I really wish I could meet in their prime was Paul Dillet. To be 6’3 and have that much muscle filled out on his frame is just ridiculous.
He was 6 foot 1
You just googled his height one time and picked the first result. He’s known for being 6ft 3. Try again.
@@snoutysnoutersonHes tall ,leave it at that
wow, did we/you actually finished the whole series? epic
Ahhhh, good to see a new video up. I haven't trained calves in a while... Guess this is a sign I need to start again.
Ben has crazy cops but they're little bit highly inserted and I would put flex one spot above him. This is a great video though very fun
Thanks for the vid bro, love the content and you're the man! 🔥🔥🔥
Matt Mendenhall.
HUGE vid man. Can’t wait for The next
Random old fat balding dude in Meijer had all these dudes blown away easily. I almost asked for dudes autograph, his calves were so huge, vascular, and impressive.
RIP to Paul DeMayo too..
Paul Dillett is the perfect example of a bodybuilder who looks great from the front but weak from the back. Nasser is the same way but fall short from the back as well. Ben Pakulsky should have been higher up the list!
Couldn’t click fast enough! Great series!
The 90s will always be the greatest decade for bodybuildering
Great video as always
Bro I was just binging your old vids when I got the notification that you uploaded!
I remember a dude named Roger Stewart in the early 90s was always getting the spotlight in the muscle mags for his awesome calves. His calves weren't the biggest but the shape of em were sumthin' special.
XLTee I was just thinking where is Roger Stewart and then I read your comment.
I was thinking Fankhouser should be number one but didn't there was any chance he'd even make the list! I had a chance to do a couple workouts with him back in the late 2000's.
shawn rhoden had elegant calves, even though not too much big, above all in their proportion with soleus shape and perfectly in flow with his phenomenal upper legs; today, a bb with fantastic calves shape is roman fritz
Nice, thanks 4 this tom, calves are so important imho....maybe not to modern bb judges, but to me, lol.....
How does Chris Dickerson not make the top ten?
It's awesome you put Joel on the list he is from my hometown and he is absolute beast
We've been waiting for this one!!!!
Crazy for omitting platz otherwise good list. Oh you also forgot Arnold
Will Sasso’s got a huge set of calves
Missed you Tomn8r.
Such Entertaining vids!
Tomn8er is the GOAT of bodybuilding TH-cam
Thanks tomn8r!
I didn't think anybody's calves could beat out Mike Matarazzo's but yes Erik Fankhouser's did. 💪🏾 I at least expected to see Roger Stewart's calves on the honorable mention list? 😕
Don't forget 80's bodybuilder and popular amateur Roger Stewart.
Vince Taylor honourable mention?
I'm good friends with Jeff Long, and he frequently trains as my gym when visiting Sarasota, FL. Even today, nearly 4 years retired, his calves measure just short of 22" 😱😱 and he's 5' 6.5" 220lbs. It's madness to witness the proportion of his calves (and entire legs for that matter) related to his stature.
Yep, Jeff is a genetic freak!
Just searched him and I agree. Great calves. Eddie Hall's calves are also over 22". 23" actually. But he is taller than Jeff.
That's ridiculous... He also has freakish arms. I remember an off season picture of him floating the internet back in the day him hitting a front double bicep shot. To me his arms were huge...
@@tazz5406 yeah he has wild biceps and vascularity. Not as crazy in the triceps but he said at his peak, his arms were 21." Now he probably has 19.5-20" guns.
@@phiten40 whatever happen to him did he end up turning pro?
4 Years in the making, BRAVO SIR👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
What? Has it really been that long!!??
Erik Frakhouser is the boss in this área 🔥
Saying Tom platz didn’t make the cut pretty much says Al u need to say about this b/s list I’m all about liking your eras being a fanboy but if u like bodybuilding u should respect it’s history from the beginning till now
100% agree. Nobody else compares.
Some fun facts:
1) Jay grew his calves because of his sister, who asked him why he has calves so weak for such a muscular guy, and these words hurt Jay, therefore he grew them.
2) At one time, Mattarazzo hurt one of his calves, and when asked what happened he said its because he doesn't train his calves and they are weak.
There was a picture of him and his father, who never trained and had almost equally freaky calves
I knew for sure that the third place pick wasn't going to get first, because of the guy in second, but I always get that _"shock and awe"_ factor when I see pics of the number one guy. Damn. Not sure that beef will ever be surpassed. Belgian blues indeed.
Amazing list !
Dillet that complete with at 6:3 is insane
yeaaaaaahhhhhhh, arnold outro is back.
Now only intro remains to come in again,
Too many modern bodybuilders ignore them but blame it on genetics….lazy
never even heard of number one. good video
The best BB-series on TH-cam😎
Jays' calves destroys ronnies' from the front
Missing the Top 10 Glutes before ranking the best legs overall ! But really nice work and thanks for these videos
Thanks tom
babe wake up tomn8er posted a video
Amature Roger Stewart had the best Calves.