Mon, Nov-25-02, 23:53
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Plan: AHP&FP
Stats: 197/125/137
BF:42%/22%/21%
Progress: 120%
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Quote:
Originally posted by Paleoanth
Kristine-
I actually found the same formula on a couple of different sites. I think that for athletes, they recommend higher. The .8 g of protein per kg of body weight is the RDA. Check out this site.
http://exercise.about.com/library/weekly/aa012901b.htm
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The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that calculation...only it has .8, 1 and 1.5 as the numbers.
.8 meaning for less active folks
1 for moderately active
1.5 for the gunho types
It was part of my AFAA test, so I had to memorize which was which  |