Haha good stuff man.
Two or more years ago someone told me "Everyone goes too light on calves - pussies."
Standing leg press at my gym, you see grown-ass men doing 4 plates total - seated like two, maybe three max. Those guys are likely strong enough to do 15-20 reps with double the weight, they just don't like the pain. But calves (and abs) are full of slow twitch muscle, they won't grow unless you force them too.
My calves are nothing to write home about (yet) but I definitely doubled their growth rate when I started manning up and loading on the weight.