who takes protein powder?

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Hello, who here takes protein powder with there workouts?

I would just like to here other peoples views on it all. Currently im taking whey protein from H&B.
On the days i work out its -

40g in the morning
20g 45min before work out and
20g straight after work out

and on my rest days i take 40g in the morning only.

I've been searching other forums for hours and everybody has a different response. Apparently your suppose to take the equlivlent of 1g of protein per pound. Since i weigh 180 pounds i should be taking 180g of protein which is rougly what I aim for.

I train on Mon, Wed and Fri and the other days are my rest days.

Any input of your diet and regime would be much appriatched
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[Hetzer]

I have two slices of toast & marmalade in the morning before going to the gym and an apple and cup of green tea afterwards (anti-oxidants for the free-radicals produced by the workout).

All these special foods are, in my opinion, a bunch of bollocks. Maybe at the highest end of the training spectrum, for the Arnie types, they're good for something, but for normal people there are bannanas and cans of tuna.
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Trying to consume 180g of protein in one day is tough, think the most I could stand was 120g and that was being very strict, and wasn't made up of just protein powder but lean meats as well.

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The protein drink is really just to top up my protein intake, like you i try to get most of my protein from "normal" foods such as eggs, lean meat etc

I was reading another forum and one guy suggested that people who weigh 180 pounds should be taking 280g of protein per day!
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[Paulington]

My FitDay account tells me I am eating on average 150g of Protein per day, recently however I've been bumping that up to around 180g as I need it to maintain muscle mass, my diet makeup is:

40% Protein
42% Fats
18% Carbs.

Which is perfect as I am trying to cut down at the moment.

I weigh 175lbs btw.

I use no protein powders, no protein shakes or anything like that, the only thing I DO use is a multivitamin to make sure I get my Vit D, C and A etc.

I work out Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and on Wednesdays I swim, Sunday is my only day off from the gym. My workouts generally consist of an hour or so of lifting and half hour-hour of medium intensity cardio.

It all depends on what you want to achieve, if you are trying to lose weight, eat a decent amount of protein but not the 1.5g/lb most sites say, if you are trying to get huge from muscle, eat more protein.

HTH! .
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Muscle really isn't much of a drive for me, although it's nice to see them rippling about.

So I'd go for second.

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[TomR6]

I take it as a supplement yeah, but by diet isn't built around them.

PWO it's the easiest way for me to get some carbs/ protein in quickly.

Sometimes will have one on a morning if I'm late and can't get breakfast. Otherwise it's all food.

Generally get 200g's of protein a day, 80g max from shakes. It's working for me anyway.
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[Paulington]

[Fawbish]

And is this geared towards losing/toning? (I read cutting somewhere).
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[DrDonnyBrago]

MMMMM protein, I eat loads of whey tbh

I also eat loads of eggs (6 a day, everyday), meat and vegetables too mind. I just love eating if I am honest


Three reasons i eat whey:

1. It is a quickly assimilated form of protein, ideal for post workout
2. It is a very cheap form of protein
3. Everybody loves milkshake

[R6jonny]

You want roughly 1g of proten per lb of LEAN body mass, not per lb of mass....

You want to find out your body fat % and work out your LBM from that, you probably dont want 180g of protein per day..
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Ay it's all about myprotein.co.uk, you simply cannot get cheaper for stuff that doesn't make you gag.

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[TomR6]

Agreed. Although Bulkpowders brought out a load of flavoured concentrate recently. Haven't heard anything about it taste wise yet.
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