20g vs 40g protein post-exercise, is a bigger serving better? 📈

If you're training more than one muscle group, you may need more protein.

The response of muscle protein synthesis following whole-body resistance exercise is greater following 40 g than 20 g of ingested whey protein

Background

People typically recommend 20g of protein post-exercise, as this provides enough leucine to maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis 💪

But if we look at these original studies they typically provided…