# Confused about protein consumption

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/confused-about-protein-consumption/7143>\
**Category:** Nutrition Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [September 29, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/confused-about-protein-consumption/7143 "2019-09-29T01:06:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kylews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@Kylews](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Kylews)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/confused-about-protein-consumption/7143/1 "2019-09-29T01:06:23Z")

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About me:

30yr old Male  
~195lb bw  
15-16% BF  
5’11”

recently purchased The Bridge 3.0 and on week 3 of that. Before that I’ve followed Starting Strength, GZCL, and other programs.

i currently try to consume between 2800-3000 cal a day, with ~220g protein, ~70g fats, and rest in carbs. I listened to a recent podcast of yours where you talked about the testing behind protein intake and results showed best around 1.4-1.7g/kg of bw. I was just confused by this because I guess I’m used to reading all the talk about 1g/lb of bw. So that would put my protein intake at around 140 or so grams of protein, is that correct? I’m trying to gain strength, as I would like to eventually be able to compete in a meet.

i apologize if this has been asked a lot, I tried searching the forums for something similar but what I found didn’t really clear anything up for me.

any help on nutrition, or anything is super appreciated! Thank you

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/confused-about-protein-consumption/7143/2 "2019-09-29T15:32:29Z")

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Kyle,

In that podcast I stated our recommendation was 1.6-3.1g of progtein/kg/day. Any intake within that range would be good, including 1 g/lb if you like.

-Jordan

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**Author:** ![Kylews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@Kylews](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Kylews)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/confused-about-protein-consumption/7143/3 "2019-09-29T16:10:46Z")

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Thank you Jordan for the response. I greatly appreciate it!