trying to increase calves in size and girth

Girl legs

Not hating. They are better than my chicken legs.

So there are two ways to pretty much get calve growth

#1 extreme volume. As in work up to 1000 daily bodyweight raises a day. Calves can take a shite tone of volume. You do the in submaximal sets throughout the day known as frequency method. You start with 100 a day, add 100 to the daily count every week. You can even go for more extreme numbers if you aren't feeling extreme soreness or overworked. You can also use the doggcrapp method of using the inclined treadmill with the exgerated forward lean for a ton of volume. Now you must eat for your goals, no time for a diet queen.

#2 doggcrapp training method with the extreme stretching on each rep. Google it.

Got good calf growth and definition by doing calf/toe raises with the balls and toes of my feet on a raised platform about 3 inches above floor height. I'd get the contraction when up on my toes and the stretch when my heels were on the floor for a long range of motion.

I'd do sets with just body weight and then some with my Olympic bar, then add weight to the bar to finish up.

By then my calves were pretty fatigued.

You need to work on your squad sweep before worrying about calves.

All very good advice, lads - thank you most sincerely