today i told a personal trainer i eat 3 meals a day and drink 4 protein shakes

[Comply_or_Die]

he said 'you wont grow big cause the protein needs to come from real food not just shakes'

is that true or is it broscience? surely a gram of protein is a gram of protein no matter where its from?

[LukeyB]

no idea OP im 133 pounds come at me.

[pondus_levo]

said trainer is retarded.

[egotistic]

food is always going to better, except for maybe after training

[iamtough]

yg gets his protein mainly from shakes and he's 200lbs+

trainer is a moran

[Opies]

about half my protein comes from shakes and I have plenty of dem musclez

[Comply_or_Die]

i hear it a lot in the misc too, im guessing its just b/s

[miscin]

Well you can only make use of so much protein at one time from my understanding. However if this is spread out throughout the day I don't see a problem.

[hangman_27]

Food digests slower so it's more likely to be used and is more bioavailable. I noticed a difference when I started eating steak every day. 4 Protein shakes a day is definitely overdoing it though.

Smart nutritionist sounds smart.

[fit4business88]

i've had good gains and i haven't had a shake in months. real food is better imo

[Dave P]

Coming up, Broscience at 12



Protein powder is "real food"



I hate the way people say that.

[Acesopro]

4 protein shakes a day seems alot more than necessary but if that's the only way you can get your daily caloric intake in then you're fine.

[Comply_or_Die]

food is always going to better, except for maybe after training

explain? or u just talking broscience?

[danielgb123]

A lot of personal trainers are against protein shakes altogether.

Personally I would prefer entirely getting my protein from food, but I don't seem to get enough from food so protein shakes make the difference up.

That being said, 4 a day is a little overboard. Fix up your diet to have 4-5 meals at least and cut the protein shake down to 1-2 a day.

[sizzurp]

YG's primary source of protein is whey

goes through a tub a week

[TorridRed04]

OP: Unless he has the proper cert, he shouldn't be making nutrition recommendations at all. Try to get him fired him his gym and or lawsuit for the lawlz.

[WakeMitchell]

I eat 6 meals and have 1 protein shake after a workout, sometimes before and thats it. Protein powder isnt the greatest thing for your body some have alot of metals and lead in it

[KillDowzer]

Supplements like protein and weight gain are basically food.

[BrainChild]

all the people that tell me 1 protein shake is more than enough and to eat more real foods are huge jacked mother fucckas.

the people that drink 4 protein shakes a day are usually skinny

[UNC_Bball]

The only disadvantage I can think of is the lack of thermic effect when its digested.

[bigpoppaapp]

Food digests slower so it's more likely to be used and is more bioavailable. I noticed a difference when I started eating steak every day. 4 Protein shakes a day is definitely overdoing it though.

Smart nutritionist sounds smart.

slower digesting protein shakes such as myofusion ftw?

[Johalla377]

your trainer makes trainers look bad. protein (whey) is a very good source of protein and has very high leucine content (i belive it's 12%) which is important for Muscle protein synthesis. shakes are fine bro.

[im12watisthis]

while not necessarily true. taking 4 protein shakes a day seems like a waste of money.


prolly better to stick to 1 shake a day and eat the rest of your cals. but essentially no matter what cals in > cals out = you gain weight.

[XAU]

real food is better but protein shakes help too!

[SuperCHARKA]

Next time you see him, I recommend: "You won't help me because the advice needs to come from real personal trainers."

[Dave P]

while not necessarily true. taking 4 protein shakes a day seems like a waste of money.


prolly better to stick to 1 shake a day and eat the rest of your cals. but essentially no matter what cals in > cals out = you gain weight.

brb powdered protein is one of the cheapest sources of protein gram for gram.

[JonnyNUFC87]

Only thing that makes a difference is the essential amino acids from the solid foods you eat, but you should get enough of these from the 3 meals anyway

[Kaduceus]

It depends

Protein from whole food you bought and cooked yourself is going to be high quality stuff

Some protein supplements use shiddy protein sources... but popular whey brands like ON and Cytosport or what have you use high quality isolates and stuff so they are the same caliber as getting it from food you eat

essentially the trainer is wrong

[Comply_or_Die]

It depends

Protein from whole food you bought and cooked yourself is going to be high quality stuff

Some protein supplements use shiddy protein sources... but popular whey brands like ON and Cytosport or what have you use high quality isolates and stuff so they are the same caliber as getting it from food you eat

essentially the trainer is wrong

I use ON 100% whey

[Bishamon]

he said 'you wont grow big cause the protein needs to come from real food not just shakes'

is that true or is it broscience? surely a gram of protein is a gram of protein no matter where its from?

yes but in a round about way he is kinda right, foods like lean meat and chicken are beneficial because they contain many other macro nutrients which are beneficial for muscular hypertrophy. However, I think 3 meals and 4 protein shakes is sufficient for a successful bulk.

Also u must remember than certain brands produce ****ty quality protein which is not good.