How many protein shakes per day?

[Xavier_Jones]

Bulking, just curious if 4 shakes was way over the top?

I have a tough time hitting 1.4g/perlb

40 grams per shake-

Thanks,

Xavier

 

[SgtSlaughter]

depends.

So people subscribe to the eat per pound of LEAN body mass...not total. So that would cut down your total cals and protein, ect i'm sure.

On average I think 1 average sized/medium chicken breast = 50 grams protein . Easy to shovel them in.

IMHO whole foods are better. Use shakes only out of convience or nessesity is what I would say.... 2 max.

 

[jpt]

i have 2 a day....but if i was trying to bulk i'd prob add a whole bunch of stuff to the shakes ie. eggs, milk instead of water, fruit, flax oil, oats. so it's kind of like a meal and a shake

but like sarge said (the authority on whole foods lol) whole foods are better then shakes most of the time.

 

[crossy]

3 a day for me, i mix a large one (which counts as 2 of the 3) which i drink from start to finish of my workout.

 

[al420]

I think the term "shake" is changing. I know people used to be big on the MRP's but now it seems that most mix up their own concoctions. I have 3 per day. All 3 have 1/2 cup oats, 40g's of whey, and a full banana so I think of them partially as whole food meals. While bulking I will add 2 egg whites and one full egg to them and make w/ milk - again, seems like a complete meal.

Now if I could just figure out how to make a tasty chicken shake I could really cut down on my chewing.

 

[mm107]

i have....

4

1 in the morning w/ meal
2 near workouts (pre/post)
1 bedtime...

but i also eat 6times a day real food too, the shakes are extra

 

[letsrun4it]

come up with your own shake...its cheaper, tastes better, better for you

8 tablespoons PB
2 cups milk
2 cups ice cream
blend

get big

 

[r0dx]

come up with your own shake...its cheaper, tastes better, better for you

8 tablespoons PB
2 cups milk
2 cups ice cream
blend

get big

more like get fat

 

[SgtSlaughter]

more like get fat

don't hate

 

[jpt]

Now if I could just figure out how to make a tasty chicken shake I could really cut down on my chewing.

question...do you actually cook the egg and then throw it in the shake or you just crack em and shake em?

 

[javaguru]

come up with your own shake...its cheaper, tastes better, better for you

8 tablespoons PB
2 cups milk
2 cups ice cream
blend

get big

Damn..that's like 65 grams of fat from just the peanut butter.

My MRP for "bulking" is....
2/3 cup milk isolate powder(52g protein)
1 cup broccoli
1 apple
2/3 cup oat bran

 

[letsrun4it]

Damn..that's like 65 grams of fat from just the peanut butter.

eating All natural peanut butter is about as healthy as it gets.

 

[javaguru]

eating All natural peanut butter is about as healthy as it gets.

Peanut butter doesn't have that great a fatty acid profile when it comes to EFA's and the protein quality is poor. It's a calorie dense food for those who have a hard time getting enough but so are all nuts, walnuts are a good source of linolenic acid; I prefer to get my fats from fish or flax.

 

[letsrun4it]

Peanut butter doesn't have that great a fatty acid profile when it comes to EFA's and the protein quality is poor. It's a calorie dense food for those who have a hard time getting enough but so are all nuts, walnuts are a good source of linolenic acid; I prefer to get my fats from fish or flax.

Yes it would be ideal to bulk eating 5000 calories of fish, chicken, flax, oatmeal, and yams....but that's impossible for most of us. Gotta do what we gotta do to get the calories in. It's a hell of a lost easier to put on 16 pounds of muscle and 6 pounds of fat, and lose those 6 pounds of fat...then to put on 16 pounds of muscle and no fat.

 

[Tweakle]

more like 2lbs of muscle, 20lbs of fat

that's over 1000 cals from the anpb alone. Mix it with simple sugar in the ice cream and milk and that's an express ticket to fatpants land

 

[Tweakle]

3 scoops TP custom whey/egg/milk protien blend and 4 whole eggs, 75+ g's protien and 20g's fat.

If I still brought into the 'bulking' mentality then I'd add a banana and cottage cheese to it

 

[Ilovetolift]

Its half liquid protein and half food protein. If you need 300 grams a day, thats 150 from shakes, so, like 3 shakes.
My morning shake has one-2 scoups of weight gainer, 700ml of milk, one banana and 3/4 cup of oats, thats breaky oh and 40ish grams of whey. So thats about 80 grams of protein i drink from 9-10 am.

 

[letsrun4it]

more like 2lbs of muscle, 20lbs of fat

that's over 1000 cals from the anpb alone. Mix it with simple sugar in the ice cream and milk and that's an express ticket to fatpants land

ok well i said low sugar ice cream.

i put on about 22 pounds of muscle and about 5 pounds of fat in my last cycle so get over yourself, it works

 

[platinum ice]

Seems like I read somewhere that your body can't process more than 33g of protein at once. Surely that must be wrong. Anyone heard anything along those lines?

Anyways, I hit the shakes about 3x day.

 

[Rabid_Goose]

I heard that is for the average person, Platinum Ice. Average person also cannot bench their weight, so they don't have much muscle tissue devouring at the protein. I try to eat 45 and under though for my meals incase I do waste, trying to find something to help protein metabolism for the muscles.

I have 3 shakes a day, 4 scoops of my GNC Brand Banana Creme, 40g of protein for 2 scoops but I'm looking fo rbetter deals online right now. I drink it right after work out, wait an hour and have 8ounce of chicken then I'm on the floor working. First break I have my other 2 scoops, lunch 8 ounch chicken or 2 pork chops, 2nd break Muscle Milk Cookies n Creme! Mmmmm BOY is that some good stuff!

God Muscle Milk is tastey. Sounds homo, try working with a bunch of homophobes I do and carrying around something that says Muscle Milk. Apperntly they think it says Love Muscle Milk and keep asking me if Semen taste good.

 

[javaguru]

Seems like I read somewhere that your body can't process more than 33g of protein at once. Surely that must be wrong. Anyone heard anything along those lines?

Anyways, I hit the shakes about 3x day.

That is one of the most pervasive bodybuilding myths. There is no data, to my knowledge, that suggests that is the maximum amount a healthy, young athlete can digest and process in one sitting. I don't even know of a study that has even tried to determine the amount. The best answer I ever got from any professor was, "It varies."

 

[perp69]

My shake are about 72g protein. Use more scoops per shake.

Perp

 

[tweedr71]

so for all of you who use eggs in shakes... do u cook them first??

 

[Dial_tone]

Peanut butter doesn't have that great a fatty acid profile when it comes to EFA's and the protein quality is poor. It's a calorie dense food for those who have a hard time getting enough but so are all nuts, walnuts are a good source of linolenic acid; I prefer to get my fats from fish or flax.

I'm not on the ANPB bandwagon either. If i'm going to take in fats intentionally they're going to be oils.
Most meat has 120-130 grams of protein per lb so a chicken breast, even a large one, would likely not be 50 grams of protein. I'd say closer to 30-35.

 

[wbwell]

Bulking I take 3 per day- ON chocolate w/milk
Cutting I take 3 per day- Prima Force WPI w/water

I usually take my first one about 2 hours after breakfast. Then I'll take one 15 mins before workout. And the other 15 mins after workout...then of course followed by a healthy meal

 

[gjohnson5]

Don't bulk on shakes. Bulk on steak and "chikin'"... Like they say on the chick-fil-A commercials

 

[Mac173]

ok well i said low sugar ice cream.

i put on about 22 pounds of muscle and about 5 pounds of fat in my last cycle so get over yourself, it works

Some people don't understand what some people have to do to put on weight. I'm the same way, I'll eat whatever I have to as long as it is HIGH cals just to put on weight. My appetite isn't big enough to waste on low calories foods.

 

[Dial_tone]

In the morning I make one big shake with 4 scoops of protein in water and sip that thru the day as needed.

 

[gjohnson5]

That is one of the most pervasive bodybuilding myths. There is no data, to my knowledge, that suggests that is the maximum amount a healthy, young athlete can digest and process in one sitting. I don't even know of a study that has even tried to determine the amount. The best answer I ever got from any professor was, "It varies."

I have read similar myths as well. I been known to eat 150 in one sitting... You just need fiber, and lots of digestive enzymes to get the food broken down