Comment on PROTEIN BRO

• thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  i could see it in a dosage situation. like grams of steroids per pound of user. sure, it’s goofy to mix metric and imperial, but that’s just what those two things are commonly measured with in America. time spent doing unit conversations is time spent not lifting.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah exactly it’s often used as grams of protein per pound of bodyweight for recommending protein intake.

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  • Tungsten5@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Time spent doing unit conversions is time spent not lifting

    I’m not sure how to feel about that part. But I can’t say you’re wrong. I try to stay away from anh US customary units. As most would agree, they kinda suck in comparison to SI

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    • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      that’s fair, but all the equipment and scales in their gym will be labeled in pounds.

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• Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Its a pretty common unit when it comes to discussing dietary protein around bodybuilding and fitness because 1g per lb is a super easy conversion for people to remember. Its kind of the golden number because even for people not getting the best sources of protein 1g per lb almost guarantees anyone other than edge cases and steroid users are getting more than enough to support optimum growth and recovery.

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• ftbd@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve only seen g/kg which is less cursed. This is about the amount of protein you should eat relative to your body mass. But since this is a recommendation for daily intake, I would love to see gymbros use the SI version of g/kg/day, namely 1/s.

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  • SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As a european, I love to hate on the imperial system. But expressing that ratio in units that you actually use when measuring the thing makes sense.

    It’s not like you’re actually doing fancy maths with it, just cross-multiplication.

    If you don’t conveniently know your body weight in kg, you might as well remember the ratio in relation to lbs.

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    • ftbd@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re right, it just feels weird to me to use grams for one measurement and pounds for another

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• faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Dad was a gym rat, and it is absolutely a real thing.

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