Insect vs Animal Protein for Building Muscle

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult males and females in general good health (aged 18+) * BMI between 18.5 and 35 kg/m2 * Weight stable for 3 months (± 2 kg) * Volunteers must be able and willing to give informed written consent * Volunteers must be willing to provide blood and muscle tissue samples * Volunteers must have been resistance training at least 3x per week for a minimum of 2 years * Volunteers must be willing to follow a resistance training programme and consume a daily protein supplement for 12 weeks * Not allergic to local anaesthetic Exclusion Criteria: * Injury or illness that prevents the adherence to 12 weeks resistance training and protein supplementation * Those with metabolic conditions such as diabetes * Those taking nutritional ergogenic aids (e.g. creatine, beta-alanine, sodium bicarbonate, dietary nitrate etc.) * Those smoking, using nicotine products (e.g., e-cigarettes, patches) or not abstained from these activities for more than 6 months * Pregnant or lactating (those who become pregnant during this study must notify the researchers immediately and the participant will be removed) * Volunteers with a habitual caffeine intake \>400 mg/day (more than 5 cups standard coffee) * Drug or alcohol abuse in the last 2 years * Those who are taking performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) or have previously taken PEDs in the previous 10 years * Those who do not refrain from alcohol, caffeine containing drinks (e.g., coffee, coca cola, tea, Red Bull) and strenuous exercise 12 hours before the phase 1 visit * Those with food allergies * Those following weight loss diets * Those who are vegan, vegetarian or refrain from dairy/egg consumption