Timeline for Best timing and amount of protein intake for building mass
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| Aug 14, 2011 at 23:56 | vote | accept | caw | ||
| Aug 12, 2011 at 12:09 | comment | added | Berin Loritsch | Your body does make use of it throughout the day as well. However, if you spike it before you go to bed, the worst that can happen is that the excess gets turned to glycogen. At some point you have to make intelligent experiments to see what works for you. | |
| Aug 12, 2011 at 0:43 | comment | added | caw | So one doesn't really know anything, the best tip is simply to take in as much protein as one can throughout the whole day. Right? Basically, I just wanted to know if it's a good thing to take in 60g protein before sleep or if I should change it to 30g before sleep and 30g after waking-up?! | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 14:51 | comment | added | Berin Loritsch | You need protein throughout the day, however the majority of the work to build muscle happens at night. As I mentioned above, all the timing studies are inconclusive, or they only apply to a small range of athletes. I can't say with any authority that 60g all at once is any better or worse than spreading it over 2-3 hours. | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 14:47 | comment | added | caw | Thanks a lot! So what I want to know is whether 60g of protein at once ir useful or just too much and not completely used. And does one need protein throughout the whole day or are muscles built only at night? | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 13:51 | history | answered | Berin Loritsch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |