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factors in uence it. The time for regeneration is usually
given as twenty-four to forty-eight hours. The goal in
setting your regeneration time is to understand your body
better to establish an optimum training plan.
Listen to your body; train if it’s ready to perform. If you
feel weak and tired, you should train other muscle groups
or skip a training session. The rst signs that you are
training too much are feeling weak, poor sleep, sweating,
and a slight increase in body temperature. If you continue
overexerting your body, your performance will decline
and you’ll be more susceptible to injury and infection.
This applies more to competitive athletes than to
beginners, although even for them it’s fairly rare.

Selecting Exercises and Programs
The exercises introduced in the following sections train
all the muscle groups. Use the training variants to
technically master the skills, and choose those that
correspond to the training intensity you have planned.
The workouts are kept short to allow you to do several
strength training units per week so that you don’t have to
limit your Muay Thai training. Remember not to do the
same workout two days in a row, and to strengthen all
muscle groups intensively at least once a week.

Training Intensity and Repetitions
Newcomers to training should perform the exercises at
low intensity. At any level, the intensity you choose