Unanswered Protein intake blast and cruise

[AntM1564]

How much protein does everyone eat, in relation to their weight, when they are blasting and cruising?

 

[Hyde]

A thought occurred to me a while back. The answer is always 200 grams. If you can get that every single day, you will have pretty good recovery potential, maintain a decent nitrogen balance when dieting if spread out, have enough to build when in a caloric surplus, and most people can get that in without much trouble. 4-5 meals/shakes of 40-50g/meal is very doable for many.

This is applicable for most guys from about 160-240lbs. Yes that’s getting scarce for the heavier end of that, but either they’re on drugs to be so heavy and lean (which will pull a lot of weight) or they’re fatter if natural and thus don’t have as much lean tissue anyway. So the answer is still always about 200g/day. More is probably better to a point of diminishing returns, but a lot can be done with 200 every single day.

Calories vs bmr is what I would consider when looking at blast or cruise time (and current intention to cut/gain).

 

[Old Witch]

I really like 1.5g per lb of bodyweight on a blast. Or my body does, rather.

 

[Hyde]

I really like 1.5g per lb of bodyweight on a blast. Or my body does, rather.

What do you weigh? I know from experience that me eating 350g of protein just ends up in the toilet bowl. Something like 280, I can make that stick fine.

 

[Old Witch]

What do you weigh? I know from experience that me eating 350g of protein just ends up in the toilet bowl. Something like 280, I can make that stick fine.

I weigh 226 as of last night 1 am. Down a few lbs from the other day. Sucks.

I do think it helps a lot if a good 100-150g of the protein is quickly absorbed whey isolate. Food volume kills me. So that really helps.

Too much carbs and I get fat, too much fat and I get fat. So high protein is the only way I can be heavy, get heavier, and not be a fat fucker.

 

[AntM1564]

What do you weigh? I know from experience that me eating 350g of protein just ends up in the toilet bowl. Something like 280, I can make that stick fine.

I am eating about 1.75g right now. I may drop it down to 1.5 though, to save a little on the grocery bill. 1.5 would bring me at 286.8 grams per day.

I use the bathroom twice per day since I have been eating 1.75g/lb, but think it has more to do with my overall calories versus protein, but when I drop it next week, I'll have to keep track of that.

 

[Hyde]

I am eating about 1.75g right now. I may drop it down to 1.5 though, to save a little on the grocery bill. 1.5 would bring me at 286.8 grams per day.

I use the bathroom twice per day since I have been eating 1.75g/lb, but think it has more to do with my overall calories versus protein, but when I drop it next week, I'll have to keep track of that.

1.75 would be 385g for me, for perspective - an entire lb of lean meat more than you every day, on top of what we already eat.

I think people love to say bodyweight, but the real focus to base needs off of is LEAN bodymass. Since you weigh ~165 this value and bodyweight are probably nearly synonymous, but it won’t be at 200lbs likely.

 

[Joseph2288]

I've read studies that say the body only requires .5 grams of protein per pound of body weight to maintain muscle. I've heard people go all the up to 2 grams of protein which is a huge wast of money imo. I shoot for 1 gram per pound and
arnold schwarzenegger always said 1 gram was the sweet spot.