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by heavyset_go 168 days ago
If the goal is both strength training, cardio, and both weight gain and building muscle mass to competitive levels, then that can be not enough.
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Scale that up to 5000 kcal/day needed for heavy activity (like for an Olympic swimmer) and it still seems like a sufficient, if not excessive, amount of protein: 400g of it. Not even NFL linemen eat that much protein.