Protein intake for ectomorph

[vike27]

Hey guys hard gainer here.

I've not been gaining muscle in my upper body as I would have liked. I have gone up from 140lbs -> 155lbs in ~6months and made some good gains but have added more fat than I would have liked and expected that at 155lbs I would have a better V shape. I still look pretty skinny even with the fat gain, just not enough muscle up to, don't look wide enough.


I have been gaining consistently altough it's becoming harder to stay caloric surplus now that I am at a higgher weight. I have been eating 1g of protein per lb of body weight. I was thinking that perhaps my lack of gains have been that since I am ectomorph maybe I should up my protein intake to above 1g per lb of body weight? Thoughts? If I up to 1.25 will that make any difference?

[boo99]

You aren't eating enough, you're not a hard gainer/ecto

You're getting in enough protein but you need a proper training routine that has you progressively increasing your lifts

What's your routine now?

[Partyrocking]

It sounds like your issues are training related. You’re eating enough protein and gaining weight at a reasonable pace, so if you put on too much fat, I’d take a look at your program, the progress you’ve made, how consistent you have been, etc.

[VIsland]

There's no such thing as Ectomorphs or hard gainers. Consistency is paramount, 15 pounds in 6 months is good progression, adding additional protein above what you're ingesting won't make any difference. If your weight is stalling adjust calories, if you don't see any changes in a few weeks increase some more.

[Mrpb]

For normal people the minimum protein intake is 0.8 gram per lb.

For ectomorphs it's 0.8 gram per lb.

[mike33511]

It sounds like your issues are training related. You’re eating enough protein and gaining weight at a reasonable pace, so if you put on too much fat, I’d take a look at your program, the progress you’ve made, how consistent you have been, etc.

This right here. 15 lbs in 6 months is a reasonable rate of weight gain. How much did your 5RM for your bench, squat and deadlift increase in that time?