Muscle Fatigue

[jthayres]

I have noticed my muscles seem to fatigue faster than most people. I have good cardio but in most excercises my muscles fatigue far before my cardio and I train often. I train 5 days a week and run at least 3 days a week on top of that. This applys in running and weight lifting as well, when I run my legs get really tired before my heart rate gets up or I run out of breathe. I recently took a little break from training and started weight lifting and it applies there also. I started at the same time as two other people and when we start lifting Ill be able to do more weight on most excercises but by the third set I will have fatigued much quicker. I have had 2 am fights, normally start with good explosion in the first round as well and then I start losing it usually by the end of the 2nd. Im not sure if there are diet changes or training changes that could help with this, thanks.

[Redd Foxx]

There may be a lot of things you're doing wrong, but you'd have to list your diet, etc. One supp that can really help this is Beta Alanine.

[jthayres]

I generally eat fairly healthy. All though my diet is different now then when I was training I experienced it at both times but possibly more now. I get alot of protein and carbs generally. I eat penut butter toast all the time and I normally eat chicken or fish for dinner. I will have rice with that and although I have not been eating vegatables as much as normal, when I was training I always made mixed vegatable or zuccinni with the fish or chicken. For breakfast ill ethier have greek yogurt or cereal. If i snack its ethier penut butter toast or something sugary. Ill probaby try the beta alanine seems to have really good reviews.

[mehoe]

Could be overtraining, maybe you have a ratio of fast to slow twitch fibers that favors the fast twitch side. Needs more information on how long his has been happening

[jthayres]

Im not exactly sure how long, but ive noticed it over the past year when I was both training hard every week and now when all im doing is lifting 4 times a week and training once in a while. Im always really exsplosive when I start and it just fades really quick. When I was training I noticed it with my punching power, I usually lose most of it at some point in the second round and it happens pretty fast as opposed to gradually. I thought I might just be throwing to many power punches but it applies in other things as well. Also with lifting for example if i start with 165 and I rep it for 8 and then ill go again and be at 7 then ill drop to 5 or 4 reps. The 2 people I lift with however might go 7,6,6 even though im a little stronger and we have been lifting the same amount of time.