The topic of protein intake is nothing new but I thought it might be fun to discuss this topic a little more in-depth. 

I recommend 1g of protein per pound of body weight for my clients, this is well backed by the science community, this helps support muscle recovery and performance,  but why? and is it just about how much protein you get in daily or is there more to it?

We all know the body needs protein to build and repair muscle, and it's also likely you know the daily requirements with so much talk on the subject but did you know this- It's not just how much protein you manage to get in daily but more importantly how much you eat per meal. You see the goal of eating protein is to encourage our body to enter into a position of wanting to repair and built new muscle. We basically want our MPS muscle protein synthesis to be turned up (for lack of a better word), to do this we actually need a certain amount of protein in one hit, now there is a dose response for each individual but my recommendations are as follows.

Male - 30g-50g per meal

Female 20g-30g per meal

The reason why the amount per meal is so important is because if we want to crack up our MPS (the key to building and repairing muscle) we need to acquire certain amino acids found in protein, there is a dose response of amino acids needed to turn MPS on. The above recommendation will cover this providing the quality of the protein is good enough. I will cover the best sources on another blog.

Hope you enjoyed. Feel free to reach out to me, I cover Berkhamsted, Tring, Woburn and I have a private studio in Marston Moretaine.