protein in Weight Gain Myths article

[rocky1kenobi]

from the Weight Gain Myths article :

By eating more protein I can build bigger muscles.

Building muscle mass involves two things, progressive overload to stimulate muscles beyond their normal levels of resistance and eating more calories than you can burn off. With all the hype about high protein diets lately and because muscle is made of protein, it's easy to believe that protein is the best fuel for building muscle, however muscles work on calories which should predominately be derived from carbohydrates.

So protein supplementation is not that important in building muscle?

 

[Kracin]

COOORRECT!!!

although you want at least 1x-1.5x your bodyweight in it because you will be using a lot more if you eating that much to build. but carbs are the most important source when building muscle!

 

[min0 lee]

I am confused.

 

[sara]

What's confusing you min0?

 

[ricky_rocket]

Here's a quote/analogy from another thread that helped me understand...

It takes energy to build muscle, protein is the cement and carbs are the gas in the cement trucks to get them to their job sites add some water to cool the engines and mix with the cement and you've built a monument to hard work and discipline.

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?t=45196

 

[Dale Mabry]

I find 100g-150g of protein a day works fine for me, and I am 210. A gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is a completely random number without any research or even theoretical backing.

 

[NEW_IN_THE_GAME]

i eat round 325 grams a day, and round 400 grams carbs a day with 60 - 75 grams fat(mostly good fats) and i am 260, until i started eating more protein i didnt gain as much\

 

[Dale Mabry]

DId you switch carbs for protein, or did you just add protein?

 

[NEW_IN_THE_GAME]

i was at like 350- 375 grams of carbs and i increased a little bit. maybe it is because i am young, seeing as how i am 17 and 6'5. but who knows i belive in protein

 

[Dale Mabry]

I mean, when you added protein, did you change your level of carbs at all, or did you just add protein in.

 

[Emma-Leigh]

i eat round 325 grams a day, and round 400 grams carbs a day with 60 - 75 grams fat(mostly good fats) and i am 260, until i started eating more protein i didnt gain as much\

Ahhh... What Dale is trying to understand is if you took OUT something when you added the protein.

That is - did your calorie intake remain constant?

See, this is often the trap - people say "I increased my protein and, MAN, I got guns now!!!".... Well, sure, if you were getting a stupidly low protein intake then this could be sole reason you suddenly made gains - but the more likely explaination is that, via adding protein, you added CALORIES. And these calories went to give you the energy to build muscle.


ps: The fact that you are 17 may also have something to do with your good gains at the moment...

 

[Missfit4all]

Here's a quote/analogy from another thread that helped me understand...

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?t=45196

Great article, Ricky Rocket! and this next part really hits home too...

"When the body is dehydrated by as little as 5%, workouts are compromised. In the end, the muscle mass that people are trying to build, will ultimately not increase, and it may be broken down."

Ok, i Now VOW 2 drink my recommended 8 glasses of H20 per day to stay hydrated (& more when excercising!) i don't want my body breaking down my Muscle to get something to drink!

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thanks Ricky Rocket, i'm going back
2 read more!

 

[Seanp156]

Looks like I probably need more carbs

 

[Emma-Leigh]

Ok, i Now VOW 2 drink my recommended 8 glasses of H20 per day to stay hydrated (& more when excercising!) i don't want my body breaking down my Muscle to get something to drink!

8 glasses a day is horribly inadequate. You should be drinking 3 to 4 L a day.

 

[Dale Mabry]

8 glasses a day is horribly inadequate. You should be drinking 3 to 4 L a day.

A glass is 12-16 oz, not a cup.

 

[Missfit4all]

8 glasses a day is horribly inadequate. You should be drinking 3 to 4 L a day.

Yes, it is horribly wrong of Many Professionals to recommend 8 glasses of water a day "as mentioned in Water thread" if not accurate amount for the body? Maybe i will sue them for Malpractice!!!

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