What causes calf atrophy in bodybuilders

[max01]

I've seen plenty of bodybuilders who once had huge calves but then they lost them (while still competing and being at their best). Ian Valliere comes to mind. I can't remember the other ones right now. Maybe Urs too.

Does anyone know what causes this and how we can avoid it? I think Ian mentioned wearing knee wraps too tight and getting nerve damage from that. I guess that makes sense.

He's also against lat injections. Supposedly you can get nerve damage from doing that too. That's my favorite injection spot. I have someone inject my lats daily. No more lumps on quads, glutes, delts etc.

 

[FK86]

I've seen plenty of bodybuilders who once had huge calves but then they lost them (while still competing and being at their best). Ian Valliere comes to mind. I can't remember the other ones right now. Maybe Urs too.

Does anyone know what causes this and how we can avoid it? I think Ian mentioned wearing knee wraps too tight and getting nerve damage from that. I guess that makes sense.

He's also against lat injections. Supposedly you can get nerve damage from doing that too. That's my favorite injection spot. I have someone inject my lats daily. No more lumps on quads, glutes, delts etc.

Iain never had calves. He got shit on all the time about it.

 

[kadafi2]

Out of curiosity, which bodybuilders are you referring to? The calf is an exceptionally "genetic" muscle; if you've always had good calves, it's really hard to lose them completely. Quads and hamstrings—okay, many lose them with age, but I honestly can't think of anyone who had large calves and lost them.

 

[moriss]

Nerves damage

 

[pistonpump]

Alot of them stop focusing on calf training

 

[johnjuanb1]

Nerve damage