I gotta say big diamond shaped calves at comp bodyfat are the most mesmerizing bodypart, maybe because I've looked at bodybuilders so much for 40 years so I'm 'damaged' as it were. There's nothing sexual there, no homo, I swear

Does that extra training make any noticeable difference to you?
No it doesn't appear to do so. Some bodybuilders, I think even Bob Chic mentioned it, how new-ish 'research' showed that training a muscle more often than once a week didn't expedite muscle growth. In this thread I mentioned many months ago that I would attempt Basile's DOMS theory on arms by trying to keep them constantly sore. I might have done this for 6 months now. The arms didn't grow, and now lately with my illness they kept shrinking. But strangely until hospital I was adding a rep or two most workouts on things like overhead triceps extensions on the cable cross pulley, I was strapping on 30lbs extra for 20 reps. Must have been some neural magic going on, no other way to explain it. I could barely stand up for a few minutes some days, on account of extreme weight loss, pancreatitis and anemia and etc, but the sets themselves were good

Despite some TRT++ I still have anemia and low iron status, have for a few years, can't fucking get it investigated due to the healthcare situation here. Docs say there's systemic problems of getting people treated on time but that for example ICU care is first class; they did save my life a couple of times.