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Feeling weaker despite eating well? It might be a combination of "anabolic resistance," where older muscles need more protein to trigger growth than younger ones. A 20-year-old needs 20 grams per meal, men over 50 often need up to 40 grams of high-quality protein to maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis, and the amount of protein you need per day goes up as well, with the recommendation being about a gram of protein per pound of ideal or lean bodyweight.
That's for hard-training men, and we need resistance training over 50 to offset age-related muscle loss. which starts in our 30s and over the next two decades, we can lose as much as 8 to 12 pounds of solid muscle if we don't train.
Focus on whole food protein sources first, but a quality whey isolate can help you hit that target. This, in combination with consistent progressive training, will keep your workouts from being wasted, fuelled with enough protein to actually rebuild.
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