Building a pound of muscle

msarro

So, I remember awhile back there was an issue of Men's Health where they reccomended doing a large amount of weight training, followed immediately by a large tuna sandwich on whole wheat low fat bread. Their reasoning was that the protein content in a can of tuna was enough to enable your body to build up to a pound of muscle, and could be used in lieu of protein shakes.

It seemed a bit far fetched, but is it? Anyone know?

msarro

So, I remember awhile back there was an issue of Men's Health where they reccomended doing a large amount of weight training, followed immediately by a large tuna sandwich on whole wheat low fat bread. Their reasoning was that the protein content in a can of tuna was enough to enable your body to build up to a pound of muscle, and could be used in lieu of protein shakes.

It seemed a bit far fetched, but is it? Anyone know?

MisdemeanorM

Hmmm... I know Tuna has a LOT of protein (28g), but one can enough to build one lb of muscle?! I think the protein shake supplement is plausable... the one sandwich is enough to put on one lb of muscle... I have not idea but it SEEMS bogus (or perhaps only doable on labortory calculations?)

msarro

I have no idea... I'm wondering if they're taking into account the weight loss from exercise combined with the weight gained from muscle mass? I always kind of wondered about it and I was hopign to find out. Usually men's health is pretty accurate