You understand Fight IQ. You know when to push the pace and when to back off. You can gauge distance and read the tempo. You know there's strategy behind the tactics in the ring. Then you walk into the [...]
You walk into Muay Thai class and before you even set down your kit bag, the room's energy pulls you toward 100%. It feels like that decision has already been made for you. Go hard or go home. Most [...]
I know you're making Muay Thai training mistakes. Some of them are costing you right now. The rest will wait decades and then send you the bill. You're gassing out in the third round, so you run harder. Your [...]
You know the drill. Kettlebell complexes until your palms rip off, medicine ball slams with ten seconds of rest, push-up ladders until you collapse. You leave every Muay Thai strength training session wrecked, and your power hasn't improved in [...]
Most fighters treat muay thai injuries as random. They put it down to bad luck, the cost of training hard, or just something that happens when you push your body. After nearly three decades working with fighters from local [...]
You think one injury moment means “something went wrong.” Most problems are small mismatches repeated until your body finally says no. So was it a bad moment…or a bad system? Most advice treats symptoms; this episode uncovers the structural [...]
At some point, every serious fighter hits a Muay Thai training plateau. Training harder than ever, showing up more, pushing further. And the progress has stopped. So they do what their coach tells them. More rounds, more running, more [...]
Most fighters treat warm up sets as non-negotiable. More ramps, more time, more preparation — it feels responsible. Thorough. Like you're doing things properly. But after years of coaching Muay Thai fighters and strength athletes, I found something that [...]
A strength and conditioning coach working with fighters isn’t there to add more work. The role is to engineer clarity when training variables start colliding. Muay Thai athletes don’t struggle because they lack effort. They struggle because performance testing [...]
You know what to do. You've studied the Muay Thai training system—the training cycles, the energy systems, the session structure. You understand the principles of effective Muay Thai strength and conditioning. So why aren't you making the progress you [...]
If your strength training for Muay Thai leaves you showing up to sparring with dead legs, you're not alone. Heavy squats. Deadlifts. All the lifts you've been told will make you a better fighter. Then you show up moving [...]
Designing an effective Muay Thai training schedule is the biggest challenge for fighters balancing work, life, and the gym. You understand the training phases, but when you look at your actual calendar—with work deadlines, family commitments, and fixed class times—you likely [...]
Looking for a 52-week training plan for fighters that actually builds on itself? Most fighters train hard for 8-12 weeks, take 4 weeks off, then rebuild from scratch. They repeat this cycle their entire career—never realising there's a system [...]
Most fighters follow a muay thai training program that's built backwards—then wonder why they plateau. After 25 years coaching world champions, I've seen the same pattern repeat: fighters jump straight to explosive work, skip the foundation, and watch their [...]
Every January, the gyms are packed. New Year's resolutions in full swing. Everyone's return to training is going all-out to "make this year different." By February, half of them will have already quit. By the end of the year, [...]
Traditional Thai training produces world champions. But here's what the research says it's doing to your body — and why most Muay Thai practitioners over 30 are losing strength and power while still thinking they're training hard. I've trained [...]
Why Your Cardio Focus Is Destroying Your Power After 30 Here's something that'll completely change how you think about Muay Thai training over 30: 67-year-old endurance athletes have identical cardiovascular capacity to moderately active 26-year-olds. Same heart performance. 41-year age gap. [...]
Most fighters believe their peak fighting age in Muay Thai ends by 30. It's one of the most limiting beliefs in combat sports—and it's completely wrong. Research reveals that a 70-year-old master athlete just leg pressed 185 kilograms while a 22-year-old [...]
You're putting in the work. Hours in the gym, following programs, sweating through sessions. But when you step into the ring, something's missing. Your conditioning isn't where it should be. Your power feels... limited. Here's the brutal truth: 90% of [...]
I've always been prone to overzealous "Muppetry". My wife Deborah has an instinctive eye-roll response every time I display this habit. Although I've tempered this behaviour over time, it's still part of me. Case in point: When I first [...]
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