So if you’re 100kg and have a feeling you’re carrying around 20kg of fat – your lean body mass (the amount of mass without fat on it) would be 80kg. Now, the sliding scale (1.5–2.5g) has more to do with your goal and environment of training. If you’re someone getting into fitness and it’s your first time calculating your protein goal, I recommend the lower end of 1.5g per kg (use my calculator on www.jamessmithacademy.com/calculator). To most of the fitness industry, this is considered fairly low; however, for someone new to this way of eating, I think it’s the perfect amount to maximize the
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