How Much Muay Thai Training Is Really Needed? – Sound Corrected

Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance

Sound corrected version!! Many fighters and coaches misunderstand just how much Muay Thai training is really needed to achieve the best performance possible. ***Apologies for having to re-upload this episode! I completely messed up the audio with the background music on the original... Doh! A huge thanks to everyone who provided feedback—it really helps me improve these episodes.*** Generally, Thais don’t understand how to program progressive training. They throw everyone into largely the same regimen, regardless if they’re beginners or seasoned pros.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣And those that can’t keep up, or become injured as a result are deemed “lazy”.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣Even Damien Trainor shared with me in our podcast together, that after feeling like he was burning out in Thailand, he had to take a day's rest – and then nobody at the camp would speak to him for 2-weeks!⁣⁣⁣ And Liam Harrison has shared his thoughts on this too, explaining his experience while living in Thailand… That many top 10 stadium-ranked fighters in their late teens are giving up by the age of 21, because the training was killing them! And founder of Sumalee Boxing Gym, Dr. Lynne Miller goes on to explain how traditional Thai culture makes for slow progress when it comes to taking onboard newer philosophies. ⁣⁣⁣Overtraining is real and so are overuse injuries. And there’s a boneyard of discarded fighters that you don’t see.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣I’m not saying don’t train hard. I’m saying pay attention to your body and don’t break yourself trying to match those that have…⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣a) incrementally adjusted to tolerate high training volumes over years of training, and⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣b) are genetically more robust than the majority.⁣⁣⁣ And the truth is… ⁣⁣Even Thais come undone when they’re training changes too much – even in as little as 5 minutes work!!

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 A great question!

00:32 How do Thais train so much?

00:48 Thailand training – the good and the bad

01:13 Damien Trainor's experience in Thailand

01:57 The reality for even a young Thai nak muay

02:31 Liam Harrison's experience in Thailand

03:08 Overtraining and burnout is real

03:31 Even the Thais struggle if training changes too much!

04:42 Thai fighters are adapted, not adaptable

05:27 Thai Muay Thai training has hit a ceiling

06:32 Dr Lynne Miller's experience of Thai culture and coaching

07:37 Merging the best of Thailand with a more progressive athletic training approach

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