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Why? Great calves can really improve your athletic ability, especially as they are so overlooked nowadays (before they were too emphasized which was wrong as well)

I'm trying to gain strength right now for the next 3-4 months. I'm at ~84 kg right now. Bodyfat % is probably ~15-16%.

What should be my approach in these 3-4 months in terms of eating? Should I eat like a bull everyday regardless if I go to the gym/I consume calories that day or should I just eat a lot in the training days/after training and keep a low calorie, low carb intake in my rest days?

Should I take a protein shake that's 50% protein 50% carbs after my training/in my training days instead of the 90% protein one that I'm taking right now?

Do you think I should aim at re-composition in this 3-4 month period (meaning - trying to build muscle in my training days in terms of nutrition and lose fat in the off days, maybe doing some running, cardio etc)? Or should I go all out into muscle building and forget about cardio and stuff, with the idea of shedding fat later?

You're an odd little man, aren't you?

Well I don't feel like there's another way... I don't see one. It's not like I'm competing in powerlifting, 3 months should be "enough" for strength training.

If Verk didn't have it, there's like 0% chance of anybody else having it.

Yeah, I'd be terribly disappointed to gain 100 lbs on my squat while packing 32.5 lbs more weight on me.

I'd be at ~100 kg squatting ~185.

Um... so how do all these apply for me?

In my book, I don't give a rat's ass if I gain even more fat RIGHT NOW. I will later. The thing is gaining strength and I will work on shedding fat later. That's the idea. Build the muscle. Keep the muscle. Lose the fat. Improve relative strength.

Wayne Clark has huge calves. He jumps 50 inches.

There's also this bald guy in the gym with huge calves, he can jump 10 inches.

I think great calf strength is key when you couple them with great hip strength. At the same time, if you apply great upperleg strength (quad/glute) into the ground it has to travel through the calves to get there. They can't help but adapt (grow).

So increasing your squat and applying that new strength into the field (plyos, dunking, playing etc) should have a carryover into calf hypertrophy as well. It's going to take time though.