Role:
Muscle repair
Recovery
Tissue building
Immune support
General Intake: 1.6β2.4 g/kg/day
Athletes
1.6β2.2 g/kg/day spread over 4β6 meals
25β40g per meal
Prioritize post-training
Soldiers
1.8β2.4 g/kg/day to offset high operational stress
Protein at every meal, especially breakfast
Reinforce intake during field cycles (MREs, snacks)
Grapplers
1.8β2.4 g/kg/day, especially during hard camps
Post-training: 0.3 g/kg protein
Choose fast-digesting sources pre-training