protein intake

newby.204

just want something clarified, is it 1.5grms/lb of body weight, or 1.5grms/lb of lean mass?i.e. BW - bodyfat?

its just ive found a few conflicting pieces of info online

Lantus

about a gram of protein per pound of body weight a day is the rule of thumb for most athletes however there are no hard and fast rules. Theres an excellent article on line if you goggle tom venuto protein intake and look for the (1 of 3) fourth link down it's a great start and quite often finish!

newby.204

but if some of your bodyweight is fat, which it invariably is, say for eg im 14.5st and if i had say a 10%bf then 1.45st or 20.3lbs of my weight is fat, this fat cannot absorb the protein i am ingesting for its weight and would it not be wasted?

Mellor

newby.204 wrote: »

but if some of your bodyweight is fat, which it invariably is, say for eg im 14.5st and if i had say a 10%bf then 1.45st or 20.3lbs of my weight is fat, this fat cannot absorb the protein i am ingesting for its weight and would it not be wasted?

You aren't eating Xg/lb BW so that your lean mass absorbs it

It's just a simple guide, bigger people need more protein.


If you are eating a constant 3000 calories, then varying bewteen 900 (30%) and 1200 (40%) from protein isn't going to have much of an effect, as the extra protein is replacing other calories and some will be for energy (not use muscle growth & repair)

deadlybuzzman

if waste is your main concern then assuming your training is right then if start at the lean body mass and then increase every week without fail. if you arent growing then.
If you train consistantly hard your body will want easily more then that. some people train 1gm per lb of their TARGET weight others 2gm per lb of actual weight. bottom line, get more into you than you did last week....every week

Brian?

newby.204 wrote: »

but if some of your bodyweight is fat, which it invariably is, say for eg im 14.5st and if i had say a 10%bf then 1.45st or 20.3lbs of my weight is fat, this fat cannot absorb the protein i am ingesting for its weight and would it not be wasted?

My understanding is that you worry about calories first, protein/fat/carb ratio second. If maintenance level is 2500 calories and you're eating 2500 calories a day, you won't add mass no matter what. So if 40% or 90% of your intake is protein it doesn't matter, it's all getting burned for energy anyway.

If you add 500, or whatever, over maintence, then some of that protein is going to go towards building muscle and some is burned for energy.