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Proteins, along with fats and carbohydrates, constitute the macronutrient category responsible for repairing and building organic structures, promoting growth, and regulating metabolic processes. And in this aspect, proteins are essential for building muscle fibers.
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On the other hand, it is too important to eat foods with a high caloric content for various reasons: they improve performance when training, promote better recovery and favor the predisposition of a hormonal and metabolic environment to gain that muscle mass.
The most important thing to increase muscle mass as far as food is concerned is protein intake, as recommended below;
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- In case you do not exercise at all, which is unrecommended. For people who do not exercise regularly, an amount between 0.8 and 1.2 grams of protein per kilo of body weight is enough.
- For those who primarily do cardio, the recommendations are between 1.4 and 1.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight.
- In contrast, the recommendations regarding strength training are between 1.5 and 2 grams of protein per kilo of body weight.
- If the diet is geared clearly towards hypertrophy, up to 2.5 and even 3 grams per kilo of body weight may be necessary.
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