eating myth

[xtremetris]

Is it really true that you have to eat your bodyweight in protein in order to get big? Or is that some myth an idiot made up. Cause as far as im concered the body builders back in the early 1900s ate 3 meals a day and still were able to pack on slabs of muscle.

Have you answered your question?

[xtremetris]

No but everyone tells me that you HAVE to eat your body weight in protein.. like they make it as a must.

[F_Mac]

Keep in mind that there were far fewer "bodybuilders" back 100 years ago. Most of the guys who were in good shape simply had good genetics so it didn't really matter what they ate, they were designed to look like that.

1g per lb of bodyweight is a good starting point. Some may need more, some may not.

[xtremetris]

but is that what is NEEDED to gain muscle. Doesnt just working out pretty much build the muscle? of course you have to eat. But muscle tears and does heal...

[F_Mac]

Muscle is built from protein. If you don't eat enough of it to support growth you won't grow.

[WESTY]

If you don't fuel your car it won't go, The more you maintain your car the quicker it goes :

[Stribs]

Does **** loads of Tuna a day suffice??

[Lady C]

You MUST eat at least .7 grams per kg (1 kg =2.2 pounds) of bodyweight of protein (from veggies or other sources) to grow muscles. Some grow better with more (1 gram) or a lot more (2 grams). This has been proven in many studies. Do some searching if you don't believe me.

[xtremetris]

So that means since i weigh 145 i have to eat 46 grams of protein a day...?

[Maxgain]

Originally Posted by xtremetris

So that means since i weigh 145 i have to eat 46 grams of protein a day...?

Good luck with gaining on that.
Also since you are only eating for muscle repair remember to take away fat and skeleton mass etc.

You should start on about 150g per day and then this should oincrease as you gain up to near 1.5g/lb a day.
The reason for the increase is say you gain 50lbs of muscle this is one third an increase in bodyweight but would actually be a much bigger percentage increase in muscle mass (when you account for skeleton mass fat organs etc which make up a large percentage of weight) and will require more protein.

[Maxgain]

Originally Posted by Lady C

You MUST eat at least .7 grams per kg (1 kg =2.2 pounds) of bodyweight of protein (from veggies or other sources) to grow muscles.

If you decide toi restrict yourself to the .7 end you sure want your protein to be a better quality than that of vegetables

[xtremetris]

I eat way more then 46g a day lol, i eat about 147-150 a day like u said max. But i just did the math so isnt that the minimum protein you need a day to grow.

[Maxgain]

Nope that would prob be the minimum to prevent malnutrition

[xtremetris]

so lets say i were to eat 110g a day could i make gains off that?