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Originally Posted by porshh951
A decent rule of the is the 2/1. That means I weigh 200lbs I should try and take in 400grams of protein a day in my diet while building. Thats enough for my muscles to grow properly. Its 2grams of protein for every 1lb of body weight.
Hope that helps some...
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Holy crap! That much protein? I can barely get in what I'm supposed to...I can't imagine 5 protein shakes a day plus eating...the one I drink now gags me but I suck it up and do it anyway.
Yes, I'm doing light resistance, for at least a couple more weeks...then I can move out onto the "Big Boy" machines. Since I haven't done any exercise in years, they put me on what I call the "Baby" machines. Initially, I was embarrassed, but they sufficiently kicked my butt enough to respect them a little more. I'm also on the treadmill and the elliptical machine. The Elliptical hates me, but I'm up to ten minutes on that mother (from a beginning of barely a minute!) before I want to jump off and lay down on the floor of the gym and cry tears of happiness because it's over for the day!
Sorry for the hijack Squishy Mike but this is really interesting to me...
Thanks, John...
-Mike