Kilt Do's and Don'ts

[davedove]

Quite the contrary. Calves are used every time you walk, stand up, or do anything that requires the body to move from one location to the other by foot. They are very easy to build, but you need to actually excercise to get there. go hillwalking, stair climbing or anything of the sort and your calves WILL develop.

Hike 2,000 miles - anyone will have great calves!

Actually, I still had skinny legs, but my calves were like rocks. Skinny rocks.

Andrew.

The way I heard it is that because calves do get so much daily use, you really have to work extra hard to work them enough to develop them, that is make them grow. So you really have to hit them hard at the gym or like Andrew said, walk a couple thousand miles. Like I said, I've never had that problem, mine are big to begin with.

[Pleater]

When gentlemen wore britches and silk stockings skinny fellows were not averse to adding a bit of padding so they could show a good leg.

Usually a long thin pad was bandaged in place under the stockings, but sometimes a coarser sock had the pad sewn into it. The bandage method was the more secure. Sometimes the under sock was twisted around by accident and the padding was displaced, with amusing results for onlookers.

[Pour1Malt]

When gentlemen wore britches and silk stockings skinny fellows were not averse to adding a bit of padding so they could show a good leg.

Usually a long thin pad was bandaged in place under the stockings, but sometimes a coarser sock had the pad sewn into it. The bandage method was the more secure. Sometimes the under sock was twisted around by accident and the padding was displaced, with amusing results for onlookers.

ta Pleater!

guid costume history lesson....

ai'll never need to pad my calfs (massive they are) but ai see nay problem if somwan wants tae build theirs oop... similar tae breast implants ai guess....