Taking whey advice?

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Hi just a question on whey and if I am taking enough on days I go to the gym and if there is any need to take it on non-training days?

1st some background.
I go to the gym 3 days a week, do 15 mins cardio and 45mins on weights.

My typical diet would consist of the following;

Breakfast 7am;
Bowl of porridge (half cup oats, half pint of milk, 2 teaspoons of flaxseed) and 2 eggs.

Snack 11am;
Handful of nuts - almonds or cashew

Lunch 1pm;
M&S soup - seems healthy enough.

Snack 3.30pm;
Clementine, pear and 1/3 pot of full fat greek style yogurt

Dinner 6pm;
Loads of frozen veg (broccoli, carrots, peas, coli flower, broad beans)
Meat/fish (eg big breast of chicken with presto spread all over topped with cheese, or something like 2 salmon fillets)

Now if i am in the gym I will have one scoop of whey with water strait after a workout...this being the only occasion i take whey.
Is this enough for recovery?

On non-training days i would normally do 100 push ups, 40 in the morning and 60 at night.
Is there a need to take whey on these days?



Thanks

Inspector Coptoor

Whey is food, that's all.
Get it in whenever you feel like it.

I have a scoop of whey at 06:15, 15:00, 20:00 after trainIng & casein at 22:00

Try an extra scoop or two per day for a few weeks & see how you get on.

Try to get 2g of protein per kg of body weight daily.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Thanks for that.

I think that the days that I am not in the gym I get enough protein.
In terms of say the morning after a the gym would it be advised to take some then to get the best possible results?

I know that whey is essentially a food like any other but don't want to be needlessly wasting it when/if I don't have to.

Im no expert though

Inspector Coptoor

Zariah Attractive Level wrote: »

Thanks for that.

I think that the days that I am not in the gym I get enough protein.
In terms of say the morning after a the gym would it be advised to take some then to get the best possible results?

I know that whey is essentially a food like any other but don't want to be needlessly wasting it when/if I don't have to.

Im no expert though

Do you get any form of protein in 1st thing in the morning?
If not, a scoop of whey would be a good idea.

You aren't "wasting" whey by drinking it!

eoinob50

Zariah Attractive Level wrote: »

Hi just a question on whey and if I am taking enough on days I go to the gym and if there is any need to take it on non-training days?

1st some background.
I go to the gym 3 days a week, do 15 mins cardio and 45mins on weights.

My typical diet would consist of the following;

Breakfast 7am;
Bowl of porridge (half cup oats, half pint of milk, 2 teaspoons of flaxseed) and 2 eggs.

Snack 11am;
Handful of nuts - almonds or cashew

Lunch 1pm;
M&S soup - seems healthy enough.

Snack 3.30pm;
Clementine, pear and 1/3 pot of full fat greek style yogurt

Dinner 6pm;
Loads of frozen veg (broccoli, carrots, peas, coli flower, broad beans)
Meat/fish (eg big breast of chicken with presto spread all over topped with cheese, or something like 2 salmon fillets)

Now if i am in the gym I will have one scoop of whey with water strait after a workout...this being the only occasion i take whey.
Is this enough for recovery?

On non-training days i would normally do 100 push ups, 40 in the morning and 60 at night.
Is there a need to take whey on these days?



Thanks

what weight are you btw, from a quick glance of your diet there isn't much in it..its fairly clean tbh but protein looks a lot on the low side on both training and no training days.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

Do you get any form of protein in 1st thing in the morning?
If not, a scoop of whey would be a good idea.

You aren't "wasting" whey by drinking it!

I get 2 eggs in in the morning plus whatever small amounts of protein is in the 2 teaspoons of flaxseed and the milk in my porridge...your right, there is a small bit there but not a whole lot.
Took a scoop of whey as soon as I got up this morning before I ate anything.

what weight are you btw, from a quick glance of your diet there isn't much in it..its fairly clean tbh but protein looks a lot on the low side on both training and no training days

I am somewhere in between 10 and a half stone and 11 and usually stay at that weight. Never get up as far as 11. Sorry haven't weighed myself in a while. I am 173cm.

Thanks for the advice, I was under the impression that I was getting enough protein throughout the day so appreciate the advice.
Would a scoop of protein added on non training days and 2 scoops on training days be sufficient?

I would try and eat more ideally to get more protein but I just dont have the time.

Inspector Coptoor

Use fitday.com to work out how much protein you are getting in.

As I said earlier, aim for 2g of protein per kg of body weight.

At 10 1/2 stone, that's about 68kg which means you should be aiming for 136-140g of protein per day.

A quick look through your diet gives me:
2 eggs - 10-14g of protein
Milk - 10g of protein.
Chicken breast - 35g of protein.
Scoop of whey - 24g of protein
Giving a total of 85g or so.
It's probably more but I still don't think you're getting enough protein.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

Use fitday.com to work out how much protein you are getting in.

As I said earlier, aim for 2g of protein per kg of body weight.

At 10 1/2 stone, that's about 68kg which means you should be aiming for 136-140g of protein per day.

A quick look through your diet gives me:
2 eggs - 10-14g of protein
Milk - 10g of protein.
Chicken breast - 35g of protein.
Scoop of whey - 24g of protein
Giving a total of 85g or so.
It's probably more but I still don't think you're getting enough protein.

Cool, great breakdown on what I get from my food...looks like I should be getting in another 50 to 55g of protein in on a daily basis.

The whey I use is from Holland and Barrett, the 'Precision Engineered - Whey Protein'...for each scoop (25g) there is 18g of protein so to supplement my diet 3 scoops a day should do the job