Whey Protein

Gavin "shels"

Right I'm 16, 10 stone 2 pounds and about 5"10. Just going to try some Whey Protein tomorrow and wondering how much I should be taking? And I take it its better to use after you work-out?

tribulus

1 or 2 scoops after training, try get double that amount of simple carbs too.

mack1

You'd want .4g per kg bodyweight of protein, in a PWO shake you'd also want .8g of carbs per kg (glucose, dextrose etc)

So you said you were 10 stone 2, which is around 65kg - so your PWO shake would be made of 26g of protein and 52g of carbs. Some people suggest as much as .6g protein per kg, so if u add a little more it's no harm - I think a regular scoop has around 35g.

Also, make sure you're getting a real food carb & protein meal in again about and hour or so after the shake.

g'em

straight after a workout is really the only time when a whey shake is better than a wholefood protein - you need to get those amino acids into you as quickly as possibly to aid muscle repair and recovery. Other than that wholefoods will be more satiating, more thermogenic, more nutritious and more pleasant to eat.

At your height and weight you can well afford to eat a lot, so get lots of protein into you in the form of lean meats, dairy, fish, nuts, seeds and pulses.

davyjose

g'em wrote:

straight after a workout is really the only time when a whey shake is better than a wholefood protein - you need to get those amino acids into you as quickly as possibly to aid muscle repair and recovery. Other than that wholefoods will be more satiating, more thermogenic, more nutritious and more pleasant to eat.

At your height and weight you can well afford to eat a lot, so get lots of protein into you in the form of lean meats, dairy, fish, nuts, seeds and pulses.

+1

I've really cut down on the amount of whey I take, and I'm noticing continued gains. And I guarantee, a fillet steak is nicer than any protein shake on this green earth.

pwd

g'em wrote:

straight after a workout is really the only time when a whey shake is better than a wholefood protein - you need to get those amino acids into you as quickly as possibly to aid muscle repair and recovery. Other than that wholefoods will be more satiating, more thermogenic, more nutritious and more pleasant to eat.

At your height and weight you can well afford to eat a lot, so get lots of protein into you in the form of lean meats, dairy, fish, nuts, seeds and pulses.

I've read that drinking a drink similar to a PWO shake after fasting has a similar anabolic effect to doing so after a workout. If that's correct, having one for breakfast might be beneficial also.

SpAcEd OuT

I use 2g of protein for every kg of weight, I would suggust using at least a 1g for every kg of weight

tribulus

So you're saying someone who is 90kg should get 90g of protein post workout? That's complete overkill imo.

Unless you mean total protein each day in which case fair enough, though he didn't ask that.

SpAcEd OuT

thought he mean't in a day sorry he didn't specify

MayMay

I've just started taking whey protein recentely....only reason is because I'm a Vegetarian and don't get much protein in my diet otherwise (don't eat eggs, have a little bit of nuts and pulses but that's about it) so for someone that just wants to have enough protein in their diet....nothing to do with working out or anything, though I am trying to lose weight...how much should I take? I currently take about 6 scoops a day.

pwd

6 scoops a day = 210g of protein if each scoop is 35g
That's far more than you need if you're not trying to build muscle. What weight are you

MayMay

pwd wrote:

6 scoops a day = 210g of protein if each scoop is 35g
That's far more than you need if you're not trying to build muscle. What weight are you

10 stone, 5"5. Definitely not trying to build muscle. Trying to lose weight and get enough protein in.

rubadub

MayMay wrote:

10 stone, 5"5. Definitely not trying to build muscle. Trying to lose weight and get enough protein in.

Trying to build muscle is a fantastic way to lose fat, and once the added muscle is built it will help keep the fat off since your daily calorie needs are increased. Building muscle boosts the metabolism and burns a lot of calories while just sitting around, when it is built it takes more calories simply to sustain it than it would fat.

Muscle is about 3 times as dense as fat, so it you remained 10 stone but replaced some of your current fat with muscle you would take up less volume- i.e. appear thinner, also the muscle goes onto "the right places".

I am not talking of body builder amounts of muscle- just like a sportsman or woman would have. Most professional sportspeople are doing weights and have more muscle than the average person- people only see bodybuilders and think thats what lifting weights will result in.

MayMay

Thanks rubadub....how many scoops do you think I should take so? I walk an hour every day at the moment, that's about as much excercise as I get in right now.

rubadub

MayMay wrote:

Thanks rubadub....how many scoops do you think I should take so? I walk an hour every day at the moment, that's about as much excercise as I get in right now.

You should have a read of this
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054886861

You can get rough calculators here
http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/protein.asp

You woudl have to work out your protein intake from your usual diet too.

I am guessing you are a woman since you said

Definitely not trying to build muscle

Lifting heavy weights helped me shed a lot of fat, I am not big at all either after doing weight training for 1.5years, with the intention of growing muscle, just the build of maybe a soccer player.

Most women are afraid of lifting weights and waking up looking like this


That would take years of training and more steroids than you could imagine.

After a fair amount of weight training on a normal diet with no crazy drugs you might look like this

MayMay

Ha ha Thanks rubadub...so I'm thinking 2 scoops of why protein a day judging by the calculator...