Can You Drink Multiple Protein Shakes Per Day?

Protein police at your service.

We know that we end up talking about protein a lot, but it’s for good reason.

Getting “enough” protein per day over the long run has more potential to help you look and feel better than just about any other tool in our toolbox.

How much is “enough”?

It depends on your activity level, your age, your body composition now and your goals, but…a good range to work with is between .8 and 1.2 grams of protein per day, per lb of your body weight.

One of the easiest ways to eat more protein is through protein shakes.

We recommend sticking with Whey protein isolate (or a combo of isolate/concentrate) for our dairy eating friends, or a pea or soy isolate for our veggie protein preferring friends.

Have you ever wondered if it’s “bad” to have multiple shakes per day?

Or maybe if your body can even use a whole bunch of protein at once, like a double serving protein shake? Is it even digested?

Here’s the deal.

We’ll always tell you that you should try to get as much of your daily food from, well ya know, FOOD.

But yeah, shakes are all good to help supplement your protein and nothing bad is going to happen if you have more than one in a day.

So proceed in having more than one shake when needed without any fear of turning into a pumpkin or accidentally getting a body like Arnold.

One thing to note: One of the things that makes whey so awesome is that it digests quickly. So if you put 2 servings in the same shake it might feel like you swallowed a rock. Proceed with caution.

But can you even absorb all of the protein in a super high protein meal or shake?

You better believe you can. Every single gram of that protein will be used for its intended purposes. Eventually.

It’s not optimal by any means, but it’s not a “waste”.

If you wanna shoot for “optimal”, try to have 3-5 high protein meals or snacks with about 25-40g of protein every 3-5 hours.

If that’s not practical for you, always remember that the total amount of protein you get for the whole day is the most important thing.

Don’t get confused by things you see online that try and make it more complicated than it needs to be.

If you’re an average Joe or Jane like us you can pretty much crush life just by getting good at the basics. One way to get started? Try our free calorie and macro-nutrient calculator!

Interested in talking with us more than just protein? We offer customized personal online fitness coaching and we’d love to welcome you to the Digital Barbell team! Start the conversation here.

All our best, 

Jonathan & Blakley