The reason people eat Protein For Bodybuilding is for muscle recovery and growth. You can have a perfect workout and without the proper amount of protein in your diet, you will not gain muscle mass. In fact, you may lose muscle mass after weight lifting if you do not have enough protein in your diet.

There is a simple rule for people seeking to add muscle mass through there protein intake. Eating 1 gram of protein for every pound of body weight will do the trick. That means a 180 pound man should be eating 180 grams of protein per day. If you have six meals a day, each meal should have 30 grams of protein for bodybuilding. As your weight increases with the added muscle mass, so should the protein intake.

There are several different food sources which have large amount of protein per serving with little fat and carbohydrates. These foods are great for bodybuilders because you will be able to gain muscle mass while keeping your body fat percentage relatively low. Some lean protein foods are…

• Egg whites
• Chicken
• Turkey
• Fish
• Sea food
• Lean cuts of steak.

Protein is just one small part of the many different keys for building muscle mass successfully. Your diet should not be limited to just protein but, it is one of the key macro nutrients that have a major impact on bodybuilding.

I will be posting more articles which will explain the importance of the other two macro nutrients (carbohydrates and fats) and the importance of the micro nutrients (vitamins and minerals).

Everything you eat has either a negative or a positive effect on the success of your muscle growth. The protein for bodybuilding is no exception.

Henry Chervenka