Protein question?

Ben2055

If your wanting to gain muscle you eat at a calorific surplus and make sure your hitting your correct protein intake correct?

What happens if your still eating alot of protein but eating at a deficit to cut?

rtp_slg52181

You reduce the amount of muscle you lose on your cut. Just lift as well and you will have quite a successful cut.

jgnatca

From the lifters in the crowd I assume you need to eat as you describe in your first sentence, AND lift heavy.

If you do the second, lifting heavy, you will prevent muscle loss. You will pee out the excess protein.

Fine distinction.

juggernaut1974

Ben2055 wrote: »

If your wanting to gain muscle you eat at a calorific surplus and make sure your hitting your correct protein intake correct?

What happens if your still eating alot of protein but eating at a deficit to cut?

Then you'll lose weight (both fat and muscle).

Lifting while on a cut can help encourage the body to shed more fat than muscle, but there's no way to stop it completely.

Protein, in this context, is fairly inconsequential, provided you're getting at least a recommended minimum amount (generally somewhere around 0.6-0.8 g per pound of body weight).

Michael190lbs

You will store a lot of the excessive protein calories in your diet as future energy ( NOT Protein) to say its going to be wasted via urination is although a little true but a poor way to describe it as a total loss of nutrients or calories.. The extra protein calories will count towards your total caloric intake for the day.

Ben2055

Ok just making sure. Currently cuting and making sure i stay in a deficit and eat a decent intake of protein while lifing too.