By prioritizing this macronutrient at every meal and snack your muscles can better prepare for success.
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#1 Reason You're NOT Building Muscle
Natalie Rizzo MS RD is a New York City-based Registered Dietitian owner of Greenletes (a successful sports nutrition blog and podcast) and author of Planted Performance: Easy Plant-Based Recipes Meal Plans and Nutrition for All Athletes.
Habits like consistent weightlifting and frequent resistance training are crucial components of building muscle. But choosing the right types of foods and the right ratio of macronutrients is what matters most for building muscle. Protein plays a huge role in muscle growth but there are some nuances to how much protein you should eat each day and how to spread out your intake. Let’s take a closer look at the habits that play a role in gaining muscle mass and how you can prioritize muscle building on a daily basis.
The most important habit you need to adopt if you want to build muscle is to prioritize protein. Protein needs vary from person to person depending on size and activity level. The recommended daily allowance also known as the minimum amount of protein you should have each day is 0.8 grams per kilogram (or 0.36 grams per pound) of body weight. For a 150-pound person that’s at least 54 grams of protein per day.
