Say you eat 150g of protein and 2000 total calories for maintence. Say you do a lifestyle change, up your activity, and your caloric expenditure increases to 3000 cal. Would you need to eat more protein to gain muscle mass or could those extra calories burned be replaced with all carbs? Basically, does protein depend on body weight or on percentage of total calories? Thanks.
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03-13-2016, 03:44 PM #1Registered User
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Does protein intake have to increase with higher activity?
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03-13-2016, 03:50 PM #2Registered User
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protein needs depends on your lean body mass, not percentage of total calories
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03-13-2016, 08:21 PM #3Registered User
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Depends on what that "activity" is.
But generally speaking, no.
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03-14-2016, 03:29 AM #4Gaintaining
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150 gram protein would be low for a guy your size.
200 gram protein sounds more like it. That will be enough no matter how active you are.Recommended science based fitness & nutrition information:
Alan Aragon https://alanaragon.com/
Brad Schoenfeld http://www.lookgreatnaked.com/
James Krieger https://weightology.net/
Jorn Trommelen http://www.nutritiontactics.com/
Eric Helms & Team3DMJ https://3dmusclejourney.com/
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