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Far from massive
I honestly think most people way overdo protein intake.
If you are eating clean good quality animal protein then for most 1gms to 1.25 gms per pound is plenty. Look at it this way thats 2 lbs of 90/10 ground beef or Tilapia for a 200lb guy. Myself I find that I grow very well on a 30/50/20 Protein Carb Fat diet.
As far as Grams of protien per meal, with whey I feel you can go a lot higher since the whey is absorbed so fast yet so poorly. I have no problem at all downing a 50gm shake after a workout and eating another 30 grams of animal based protein an hour later. However if I tried to do 50gm of animal protein PWO and then another 30 an hour later I would be sedated LOL.
So for me I try to get about 1.25 since I am 50+ and use a large whey shake PWO. If I were younger I would bump it to 1.5 but thats really about as far as I would go since I am not maintaining the pro bodybuilder lifestyle.
I agree that there are no hard and fast rules, everyone metabolizes foods differently and at different rates. However like with most everything a superheavy IFBB bodybuilder does, unless you are one its probably not the best approach for you. Keep in mind these guys entire life is centered around getting the body to shuttle protein to the muscles, for me to try to intake the same amount of protein would make about as much sense as trying to duplicate poundage on a workout.
I should not have said Most people on my intro, some would be more accurate.