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I'm a male who eats 1600 calories a day, drinks protein shakes and does weight training, can i gain muscle this way?

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Yes: That should do it although depending on your weight your caloric intake may be too low.

Answered 6/18/2015

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If i just drink 25grams of protein n don't work out what happens? Is this bad? I'm trying to gain weight so i'm drinking these shakes!

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