As reported earlier on staylimy the calf muscle is lazy after weight lifting. Weight lifting can be used to increase your vertical jump. This usually includes doing calf muscle exercises. In theory muscles grow from weight training and your will have more power available when jumping. Although this works for other muscles like your upper leg muscles like your quadriceps and gluteus this doesn't really work for your soleus calf muscle.

Soleus Calf Muscle is lazy after weight lifting

But increasing your muscle size is not the only way to increase your strength. Strength and power training are other ways to increase your muscle strength without necessarily increasing your muscle size.
Strength and power training aims to increase, improve and optimize your muscle coordination. Instead of training for bigger muscles and muscle growth you train your muscle to activate as many muscle fibers at once, creating the biggest possible power output at once.

Strength training for the calf muscle can still include weight lifting, but you will have to either lower your number of repetitions. (See the weight lifting calculator) or try to do 10-20 reps at 30-60% at maximum speed.

Plyometrics are your other option.

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