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Force = mass X acceleration

How’s it going don just a question I currently train Muay Thai 4 times a week and strength train 2 times a week and do one long run a week and one medium run. I’m a carpenter so my job is very demanding sometimes and my question is would my current routine be enough if I want to compete as an amateur and climb the ranks. I don’t want to overtrain but I also want to be the best I can be with the time I have

When I was training in Tae Kwon Do there was stance changing. When I started going to competitions I was Orthodox. Then I started training m.m.a. and found out I had better success with South Paw. Stance switching seems so natural to me.

As far as I've always understood: Muscle damage=Mechanical tension So really the 3 components to produce a muscle growth stimulus are: 1. Mechanical tension 2. Metabolic stress 3. Progressive overload

I don’t get why these have no views, this is awesome Input

Kinda, but misleading.

Bro you are so underrrated. I want to say that you have helped me a lot on my Muay Thai journey and thank you I follow all your social medias

Posterior chain work I find is generally quite hard to do with calisthenics. To be sure, you can do things like pistol squats, split squats, Nordic curls, back extension, and so on, but at some point you're going to have to start loading many of these with added weights in order to make progress (and then why not just use a barbell?). A deadlift, RDL, or squat will work so many muscle groups in just a few sets and it's honestly really hard to in principle hit all the same muscles with the same stimulus (never mind the practicalities of it). And of course, as Don points out, what about something like a power clean, which is a staple of power training for athletes across essentially all sports? How do you replace that with a bodyweight exercise that also allows for straightforward progression?

Hey coach? Is this different from the stiff ankling you talked about before? If so, what are the differences and the applications of both?

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Brilliant, just what i was after. Just went for a swim for aerobic training and hoping to reduce DOMS, hard to do as an older wannabe fighter.

Can i still practice muay thai after dislocating my shoulder?

Agree. I do the same concept as well

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Hence, weighted calisthenics

Or, strap the barbell or plates on your body instead of holding it in the hands and do weighted calisthenics. Wincwin hehe

Great advice

I started Muay Thai training about 4 months ago and the age of 63 and while I'm still a beginner I find I can train as hard as fighters half my age. Just need to train smart as well as hard.

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If you like calisthenics as I do, one of the hacks I used was swapping standard set exercise routines for Breakdancing. Then you have to move your body in sync with music, with fewer repetitive moves, speed, balance, coordination, creativity, showmanship, aggression, confrontation, confidence, different angles of loading, dynamic power, explosiveness, isometrics.... it has it all 🤸‍♂️🕺🧎‍♂️‍➡️

Great video as always, Don! I’d just add that using suspension bands like TRX can help adjust calisthenic exercises to your level gradually. You don't need to jump straight into pull-ups or chin-ups. Combining calisthenics and weights is a solid approach, and weighted calisthenics are fantastic for building muscle and strength!

i always laugh. when westerners are outselling muay thai. better ask buakaw instead of these westerners wannabe's

How’s it going don just a quick question when it comes to planning s and c Is it okay to do a strenght session and later on in the day do a sprint workout

I train muay thai 2 times a day in Thailand. I want/ need a stronger body to deal with kicks/ punches etc. Do you have a idea or a scedual that I can follow? Thanks for your great vids.

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Been using that method thanks to you

Great vid, great tips. Subscribed, cheers!

Quality never dies.

This is something that as an amateur coach I'm really struggling with philosophically. Between a lot of the flowing single or double shot padwork I experience in Thailand, and the mindless combinations that some gyms make their students do, I've intuitively leaned toward doing 2-3 piece combinations with our fighters, because that's what happens in fights, and we can really focus on making it fast and powerful. That being said, the lower amount of strikes, the better timing, accuracy, and power you need to win fights, especially in the amateurs where volume and aggression are paramount. I suspect that there are some important and hidden benefits to longer combinations that Damien has outlined here. Like balance, athleticism, focus, volume, following up, etc, but I'm also concerned that people will focus on the memorization rather than the timing and power. Really a vexxing issue for me indeed. It's like Mayweather's famous padwork, which clearly has some obivous and not so obvious benefits for boxing. Super interesting skill development philosophy stuff.

How come nose not broken?

When I search on PubMed all I can find are studies showing HIIT causes more eccentric hypertrophy than moderate steady state. I do see hundreds of studies showing that endurance training builds the largest hearts but these studies never discuss which adaptations are from which intensity. Does anyone have links to studies showing that Zone 2 is in fact superior to higher intensity for stretching the left ventricle to pump more blood?

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Hi, I've read the article in the blog about this training schedule. Should I also add in some exercises to maintain power and speed or is it too much work for this specific training?

Maybe a dumb idea: but why not cater for both natty and non-natty fighters by having different competitions, like in bodybuilding. That way those who want to use PEDS can, and those who don't, won't so they can compete as natty

Well question is if you have killed the nerves where the leg bones are? They don't feel the pain so they can commit more into a kick.

To me the answer to strengt training is: just do whatever Michael Chandler does

S-Specific M-Measurable A-Achivable R-Relavent T-Timebound

Strength and martial arts go hand in hand in my opinion

This guy's awesome! 👌 I've been stretching my hip flexors wrong the whole time. I can feel a difference after one round of these drills. Thanks, Valuable info for sure 👍🔥

Boring. Pumping up your own tires.🙄🥱🥱🥱🥱

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Thanks a lot for this, I keep messing up my foot because of this I definitely gotta drill it like you said.

Hi Don You have answered my question before but I can't find the old comment I can't teep/ kick above stomach level what would you advise I do strength training twice a week and thai 4 nights with basic stretching but I'm not seeing improvement it's extremely annoying thank-you

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Iam in Thailand now and Kru at the local gym told me that he retired when he was 29 because he was overtrained. Waking up every day at 4am, training twice a day

Just what i needed. In the process of switching from powerlifting/bodybuilding for last 8 years to muay thai, i’ve wrote my own schedules before but i was struggling trying to figure out how to slowly swtich to a new reigime while doing Muay Thai. I was doing a variation of push, pull, leg, and then leg x2 Now i may do a push/pull/legs, three times s week, and then do muay thai two times a week or once

I've yet to see western muaythai fighters out gassed top muaythai fighters. Most of the wins are through their superior fist talent.

Yes this is my main issue with training in Thailand and in many gyms no incremental training

This is awesome, thank you