Let me clarify, Protein was used pre and post. But no intra workout BCAA's. I have been using Healthy N Fit 100% whey pro-amino. BCAA content per 100g : Leucine 10530mg, Isoleucine 4212mg, Valine 4212mg. Typical serving is 45gram Protein per serving. Pre workout with water, post workout with skim milk. This has been the same up until today. Started new protein post workout which is a Casein/Whey blend from Protein Factory (mainly for cost per serving). I think the 2 major factors in fatigue were from
A) low caloric diet, and not right balance of Pro-Carb-Fats B) 3 full body workouts per week at high repetitions without having enough recovery time, for too long of a cycle i.e.10 weeks. My workout consisted of Squats, Deads, Bench, Rows, Lat pulls, and Iron Cross (?). M,W,F 3 sets of 15-20 reps. Complete workout was approx 45min-hour cycling 2 people. Basically I burned myself out but my main goal was to burn calories. It was more like a cardio workout than resistance training, but it did the trick. Looking back, I just probably went about 2 weeks too long without changing things up. My starting weight was 222+/-2lbs. currently 198+/-2lbs. I changed everything up 2 weeks ago, splitting up body parts, still M,W,F. Now I cycle between 4 sets of 8-12 reps one day, and 4 sets of 4-6 reps the next, for each body part, with corresponding weight increases for low rep days. So far I feel absolutley wonderful, and strength has increased more than I would have expected.