Scientific Fight Training… Is It Pointless?
Sports science is often shot down by elite fighters… Fighters that offer themselves as world class performers, who don’t follow a scientific approach to their training, and that often criticise [...]
The Truth About Muay Thai Training ‘Best Practice’
Consider this… Accepted ‘best practice’ is only the ‘best so far’. In his book Rebel Ideas, Matthew Syed discusses what we accept as ‘best [...]
How To Overcome The Fear of Hitting People
Muay Thai seems to attract more than it's fair share of "nice" people... So how can a nice person hit another person with the kind of destructive power that Muay [...]
What Do Men REALLY Think of Women in Muay Thai?
Confirmed! Women are valued by Men in Muay Thai! I want to start with the huge positive before I share the NEGATIVE I experienced in response to my recent podcast [...]
Fighting Father Time & Remaining a Muay Thai Badass!
Father Time waits for no man, and if you haven’t already felt how getting older affects your Muay Thai, it’s a certainty you will. In this episode, I’ll look at [...]
What Is Your REAL Max Heart Rate?
A lot of fighters are using heart rate monitors these days, to allow them to train at the right intensity fin their cardio sessions. And I love using monitors in [...]
2 Weeks Out – How To Structure Muay Thai S&C
I've been asked how I'd recommend structuring strength and conditioning when you're just 2 weeks out from a fight. So here's a quick "down and dirty" podcast episode to get [...]
Starting Late – Starting Anyway – Finishing Ahead
How to surpass those that have been training longer than you in Muay Thai I’m often asked questions like… “Is 20 years old too late to start Muay Thai and [...]
Adjusting Strength and Conditioning Training For Little or No Muay Thai!
In this (whiteboard) podcast episode, I go into some detail on how I’d recommend changing the strength and conditioning element of training if you’ve little or no Muay Thai training [...]
Do I Fight Peak Even If I’ve No Fight Date?
Paraphrasing a recent question… I have seen your videos on different training blocks… I have been training Muay Thai for 6months and I’m not going to be fighting any time [...]
Hip Impingements and High Kicks!
"If I have FIA (cam hip impingements on both hips), will I be able to ever kick high without surgery?" Prompted by an Instagram message, hip impingements and Muay Thai [...]
Low Intensity Muay Thai Training?
Driven from a question left on one of my previous Q&A videos, here I expand on my reply and explain what I mean when I say a "Low Intensity Muay [...]