Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Interesting book, as the common wisdom is that endurance athletes in training need a considerable amount of protein, up to
0.9 grams per pound of body mass per day. For a 150-lb cyclist, that amounts to about 135 grams, or 540 Calories of protein. That's about 46 ounces of Greek yogurt (doesn't seem like a "small amount").
That's not really a very large amount of protein. Maybe for someone fasting over multiple days. But for those of us eating three squares it's not really a lot.
But the bigger thing is that just because we sometimes do an occasional long distance ride, I don't think that makes us the endurance athlete that the study was talking about. So we, or at least me doesn't need that much protein.
Now if you regularly ride 400 miles a week, then you are probably that person. However I only do 80 - 125 miles per week with very rare week of 200 miles cropping up occasionally. So I'm definitely not that person described for that study.