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Should you train calves on a deficit?
haroon_awan
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I've been in a deficit for most of the past 6 months and I'm quite close to my goal weight. But during all of that time I have rarely work my calves. My gym does not have a calf machine so I when I do work my calves it's normally on the leg press or just on an elevated platform if that makes any difference.
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I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't train a particular muscle in a deficit vs a surplus. Certainly willing to hear arguments on it though.
I would train them.0 -
No reason not to that I can think of, and if you rarely work them you may even get 'newb' gains on a deficit. Depends on your overall routine as to whether you *need* to work them for muscle retention.0
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I'm currently cutting and have been doing calf raises in both of my lower body sessions each week.
The only part I don't train specifically is abs/core, but that's only because if you are doing other lifts such or deads properly you get plenty of ab work anyway.
I am also interested in hearing the other side of the argument.0
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