Muay Thai Cardio – Build Relentless Conditioning…
Everything in this category is designed to get you fighting fit, so you can relentlessly outpace your opponent.
This body weight movement uses lots of coordinated, elastic, stretch-shortening cycle action for some full-on power-endurance training.
Lots of great benefits for a fighter here, both in terms of athletic movement and also in Aerobic Power and Anaerobic Capacity (energy systems) development…
Aerobic – plyometric training improves the aerobic abilities of fast twitch muscle fibres, so you can maintain high power for longer.
Just the kind of energy system development needed for Muay Thai!
If you’ve not come across MAS training before (Maximal Aerobic Speed), then it’s something you NEED to get acquainted with.
It allows a precise personalised cardio training prescription .If you’re fitter, it pushes you. If you’re lacking fitness, it comes in at the right level too…
Everything in this category…
Bad Company’s Richard Smith Interview – Preparing Muay Thai Fighters
Don Heatrick grabs the opportunity to speak to Richard Smith, Bad Company Muay Thai founder and senior instructor, about his philosophies and methods for preparing his team of Thai boxers, from undercard to World [...]
When a Fighter Says They Do Strength and Conditioning
Coach's Quick Chat Episode 1: When a Fighter Says They Do Strength and Conditioning Featuring Singdam, filmed during performance testing at the Yokkao Training Center in Bangkok. Head over to my YouTube channel - #MuayThaiTube and subscribe [...]
Testing Muay Thai Anaerobic Power, Capacity and Fatigue Using VBT
Testing is motivating. It tells you if you’re good or bad, and if you’re training is making you better. But testing “better” only means you’re getting better at Muay Thai if the test has [...]
Muay Thai Specific Strength and Conditioning Part 1
Not all types of supplemental training will transfer well to Muay Thai. The training adaptations that your body makes are highly specific. You instinctively know training as a long-distance runner won’t improve your sprint [...]
MUAY THAI FITNESS — NOT GENERAL FITNESS
There’s nothing worse than standing in front of a relentless opponent having exerted all your energy – sitting dead in the water, unable to respond with the same work rate.If you understand how your body [...]
MUAY THAI POWER ENDURANCE FINISHER
This weeks post is in response to a request from one of the coaches I've done a seminar for. He's after a finisher to stick on the end of his Muay Thai training sessions. Ok, [...]
