Heather Hudson of the South Beach Palms jumps over the barbell during a Grid League match in Lakeland.

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Heather Hudson’s 43-Gram Problem

Heather Hudson squats 265 pounds. She cleans and jerks 215, snatches 155, and ranks among the league’s top utility players for the South Beach Palms. She has built all of it on a claimed 43 grams of protein a day.

That number is close to what coaches would put on the plate for a single meal.

Already One Of The League’s Best

Hudson plays utility for the Palms, and she is one of the best in the league at it. The role asks for a little of everything, the speed, the clean technical lifts, and whatever else a match demands.

Heather Hudson of the South Beach Palms sets up for a heavy deadlift at a Grid League match. — Hudson at the bar. Her current bests: a 265 pound back squat, a 215 clean and jerk, and a 155 snatch.

The Problem

Her lifting numbers have been slipping. The drop is small, but it was enough that she noticed, and she realized the protein was probably the reason. You do not keep adding weight to the bar on that little fuel. “Please don’t judge me on my protein intake,” Hudson said when the league posted the number. She does not just want those numbers back. She wants them higher than they have ever been, and that is the challenge she is taking on with us.

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Heather Hudson

The Fix

ReBuilt Meals is fixing the protein. The Tampa company has cooked fresh, macro-balanced meals since 2017, and now Hudson gets a set protein target on every plate without weighing chicken at nine at night. With the ReBuilt Meals strategy, she is finally eating enough to match how hard she trains. We will post the results as her lifting numbers climb on a normal protein intake. A 265 squat is where she starts. The interesting part is where those numbers land once she is actually fed.