How Much Protein Do You Really Need to Build Muscle?

[Guest]

I weigh about 150 and usually get somewhere around 120–140g. That’s plenty for me.

[SteW1]

I’d also consider your goal. Someone trying to gain weight, someone maintaining, and someone aggressively cutting may approach nutrition differently. Protein is important, but it’s only one piece of the whole picture.

[AndBaker44]

I’ve been lifting for years and the best approach I’ve found is boringly simple: get a solid amount of protein every day, eat enough calories for your goal, train hard with progressive overload, and recover. You don’t need to turn every meal into a bodybuilding science experiment. If your strength, measurements, body weight, and gym performance are moving in the right direction over several months, your diet is probably doing its job.