How much Protein do you need to build muscle?
Protein is the building block of our muscles . Hence we can easily understand that Protein is required to increase the muscle mass. Now, let's understand how much protein do our muscles can easily absorb in a day. Almost all of the gym goers have one or two rest days in their weekly exercise split . The amount of Protein they need on " exercise day " and " rest day " is not same. So, let's divide our discussion into two cases. 1. Exercise Day : You need 1g protein per pound of your body weight. Means if your weight is 155 pounds then you need 155g of protein in a day. If you don't know how to convert "kilograms" into "pounds", don't worry. Just multiply your weight(in kg) with "2.2". 2. Rest Day : On a rest day you need less amount of protein because on Exercise day a small portion of protein(around 25g) is consumed in the repairing of muscles after the gym. Repairing of muscles is not required on Res...


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