I understand where you are comming from. Sometimes it does not matter how hard you work them. I have tried everything in the world for mine. 3 times a week, 2 times a week, 1 time a week, heavy weight with low reps and lighter weight with higher reps. Calves are a lot of genetics. Everything on my body grows way faster than my calves. I have thought about synthol. I have read a lot on it. It supposedly works really well on calves. It is not the oil in there that will make them stay big. The oil leaves over a few weeks I think. It stretches the muscle fascia and allows you to build more muscle in this space. I would never think about doing like some of these freaks that overdue it, but have thought about it hard to catch the calves up. I just have not got up the balls yet to try it. I want to do a few more cycles and see if I can get them to grow first.