Protein intake per day

luk3112

So I injured my shoulder so cannot train upper body for at least a week. I am eating 3100 cals a day and 130grams pf protein at 5'11 and 77.5kg.....while I am onlu training legs should I drop cals and protein intake?

se015

luk3112 wrote: »

So I injured my shoulder so cannot train upper body for at least a week. I am eating 3100 cals a day and 130grams pf protein at 5'11 and 77.5kg.....while I am onlu training legs should I drop cals and protein intake?

are you trying to gain size, cut, or maintain what you have?

luk3112

Im trying to gain muscle size am increasing unwated fat too but can deal with tjay during cut

se015

ok so if I did the math correctly you're 170 US lbs which means you should have about 170 grams of Protein per day. I would do Squats and lunges if possible, if not definetly do ssome type of squat variation and leg press for sure as your primary leg exercises until your shoulder heals and when you feel you can start doing some pull exercises, maybe lighter weight deadlifts.

luk3112

Seth1825 wrote: »

ok so if I did the math correctly you're 170 US lbs which means you should have about 170 grams of Protein per day. I would do Squats and lunges if possible, if not definetly do ssome type of squat variation and leg press for sure as your primary leg exercises until your shoulder heals and when you feel you can start doing some pull exercises, maybe lighter weight deadlifts.

Sorry but that didnt answer my question.

I was asking about whether the protein and calorie amount should be adjusted if fewer hours are being spent exercising and fewer muscles being worked.

I wasn't asking about a leg routine, or how many grams of protein is recommended for muscle growth.

luk3112

I suspect you are meant to consume less. But I doubt anybody knows how much less.

se015

luk3112 wrote: »

Seth1825 wrote: »

ok so if I did the math correctly you're 170 US lbs which means you should have about 170 grams of Protein per day. I would do Squats and lunges if possible, if not definetly do ssome type of squat variation and leg press for sure as your primary leg exercises until your shoulder heals and when you feel you can start doing some pull exercises, maybe lighter weight deadlifts.

Sorry but that didnt answer my question.

I was asking about whether the protein and calorie amount should be adjusted if fewer hours are being spent exercising and fewer muscles being worked.

I wasn't asking about a leg routine, or how many grams of protein is recommended for muscle growth.

I see okay well I guess what I'm saying is even though you're not lifting as much or spending as much time in the gym it still doesn't hurt to keep those same principles, legs are still muscles like anything else so the rules for lifting and gaining muscle mass are the same whether it's one muscle, two muscles, or 18 muscles. Does that clarify the answer to your question? maybe someone else has a better answer, hope that helps! If not I'm sorry again. Obviously you're familiar with the basic principles of gaining muscle mass and since that's your goal you should stick to those same basic principles regardless of the amount of musclels being worked and hours spent at the gym, In my humble opinion.

middlehaitch

Simple answer
It is a very short term injury, you need calories and protein to help with your shoulder repair, don't drop your calories.

If the injury derails you longer, monitor your gains and adjust if needed.

Cheers, h.

Lean59man

luk3112 wrote: »

So I injured my shoulder so cannot train upper body for at least a week. I am eating 3100 cals a day and 130grams pf protein at 5'11 and 77.5kg.....while I am onlu training legs should I drop cals and protein intake?

No.

Wheelhouse15

You can but there isn't a reason to unless you really don't feel like eating that much. Despite the mythos around this forum, you don't need much more protein than a sedentary person if you are just lifting a few hours a week and not very active otherwise, but more protein isn't going to hurt either.

Lean59man

Wheelhouse15 wrote: »

You can but there isn't a reason to unless you really don't feel like eating that much. Despite the mythos around this forum, you don't need much more protein than a sedentary person if you are just lifting a few hours a week and not very active otherwise, but more protein isn't going to hurt either.

The truth. I applaud you.

erickirb

130 grams is probably the miminum protein you would want to get in anyway, so no, don't lower it. if your calorie burn for the week is lower you may want to drop cals by 100-200/day, but don't lower protein.

trigden1991

If you are "properly" injured, eat at or above maintenance to facilitate recovery