I’ve just read the “To be a beast” blog(To Be A Beast - Barbell Medicine), it’s a great one!
I noticed the protein recommendation are much higher than I know from the litreture for sport athlete, I’m eating 2g/kg protein and as I know it even more than the doses found effective in the studies.
Is there any reasy for these recommendation? Is it more like personal experience knowledge that isnt based?
Right now I’m 110kg bodyweight and eat 220g protein, based on the blog I guess I should be around 250-260g(?).
What is the literature-recommended protein intake for athletes? I think its right around 1g/lb, maybe a little more or less depending on specific context. What say you?
The literature I know, if I remember right, is showing no benefit for more than around 1.8g/kg, I take it to around 2g/kg to be safe.
When cutting I know the recommendation are going up around 1g/lb, maybe a little more as you said, but that only when cutting.
Just was curius if you find any advantage to higher doses when gaining weight, you talk in the blog about 25%-35% calories from protein which gave much higher protein doses.
The literature suggesting that above 1.6g/kg there aren’t really any benefits doesn’t also say that for people engaging in heavy training, athletics, or who are older can go to a higher level of protein intake?
I think 1g/lb (or thereabouts) is fine and micromanaging 40-50g of protein probably is low yield.
Umm… I’m pretty sure that of strenght athlete there isn’t shown benfit for about 1.8-2g/kg.
Of couse, I see why around 1g/lb is around the right dose, just saw there a “case study” suggesting 278g of protein for 160lb dude. Didnt know if its a recommendation just in the sake of more calories(because it would be hard to eat like 700g of carbs), or because there is a benefit to eat such a dose of protein.
Sorry, English isn’t my first languate so maybe I fucked up something.
I’m talking about the example from this blog: To Be A Beast - Barbell Medicine
Talking about “Johnny, a 23-year-old male who is 5’10” tall and weighs 160lbs”, and “When the milk is layered on top these numbers jump to 278g protein, 400g carbohydrates, 190g fat, and over 4400 calories from high quality food”.
That’s in the context of bolstering compliance using GOMAD- if that’s something he wanted to do. If not- and he were open to using other nutritional strategies- I would recommend a lower protein intake.