when you think about how much protein is recommended (something like 1.5-2g per bodyweight) it's comes out to about ~400grams on average for most of us. just imagine how much actual meat that equals when there's roughly 40 grams of protein in 4 ounces of lean chicken meat and then imagine stapling that same 2 pounds worth of chicken breast you just imagined onto your quad, or your bicep as newly acquired muscle.
no one will ever put on 1 pound of muscle in 1 single day, let alone 2+ pounds worth of the amino acids recommended to consume. if you look at how much muscle people accumulate after years and years of lifting, when they are in dry contest condition, it's really not much extra muscle fiber, most of their added mass (especially on steroids) is from glycogen and water filling the muscle bellies and also a little bit of a pump effect. anybody who has been in keto before knows the feeling of being flat and looking like you lost half your muscle size, but we know logically it's just a state of being carb depleted - however this logic doesn't seem to carry over when it comes to fact that steroids inherently increase glycogen storage and water retention in the muscle (subsequently, ignoring this fact is what has driven the myth that lack of a "real pct" will result in muscle loss).
anyways, the numbers for protein recommendations are all over the place, in a book that i have that's written by alan aragon, he has various recommendations from various nutritionists with various studies supporting them. the numbers vary wilder, from 1gram per bodyweight to over 2 grams. why such discrepancy and inconsistency? because no one
knows how much protein someone needs to intake before they start losing actual muscle fiber because there are so many variables for why muscle get's broken down.
also note a very, very important overlooked fact to these protein recommendations: they were all designed in mind for natural bodybuilders, who can go into a state of catabolism very easily, especially in a calorie deficit and the larger protein recommendations are consequently a result of the body shifting protein turnover from favoring protein accretion to protein degradation in stressful situations, and overfeeding protein is the futile solution to poorly combat this mechanism.
but when someone is on massive mounts of steroids, GH and insulin and their protein synthesis is through the rough, their protein degradation at minimal levels, their corticosteroids are suppressed - do they really need that much protein when their body is utilizing most of the protein for anabolism, and even if the body were to put on 0.1 pounds of muscle in a day (that's 0.7 pounds of dry, contest ready muscle fiber a week!) that's only 16 grams of protein a day to accomplish that. clearly, the protein requirements for most of us, considering the amount of PED's used, is highly excessive.
now, with all that being said and taking all that into consideration, i still eat about 300-400 grams of protein a day
there is nothing on this planet that tastes better than a perfectly medium-well prepared filet mignon, and protein is also the healthiest of all of the macronutrients so what the hell, why not? however, do i think if someone were to cut their protein intake in half, and instead spend the extra money on tren or hgh, would they get better gains and results? absolutely, especially considering just how expensive dietary protein is and most people overlook the monthly costs of their foodbills.
