A good quality protein is the one dietary supplement I feel is absolutely essential when using bodybuilding techniques to gain muscle fast. Look at this way if you are building a brick wall you must have a ready supply of bricks and mortar. The same goes for building your muscles, but in this case protein is the building block needed.

As a general rule you need to consume 1-1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight. So a 200 lb man should consume 200-300 grams a day. Its also important to monitor your protein intake per meal. According to a study conductucted by the University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign for bodybuilding techniques to grow muscle effectively you need to consume at least 30 grams of protein per meal. But you should make that number easily by following the 1.5 gram rule.

31 Aug 08 – I Just read a sidebar in the Sep 2008 Men's Fitness magazine that says several studies show the 1-1.5 gram of protein rule to be wrong. Actually according to the sidebar .6-.8 grams are enough build big muscle. Any more than that will be converted to fuel or stored as fat. My advice: try both, monitor muscle gain and bodyfat percentage and see what works for you.