Page 371 - Muay Thai Training Exercises

Your training plan has to be updated often to make new
demands on your body. If your body gets accustomed to
same routine and training becomes monotonous, your
performance will stagnate. New training cycles with
somewhat di erent training goals should be set out
continually to cover periods of six to twelve weeks, as
shown, for example, in the following ten-week cycle. After
concluding a cycle, practice with a slightly altered plan. If
you keep notes about your cycles in your training diary,
you will be able to monitor the long-term development of
your physical performance.
This program aims to improve Muay Thai–speci c
performance, initially through the development of basic
stamina in combination with building up physical
strength. Weeks 1–6 allocate three weekly sessions for
improvements in Muay Thai performance, along with two
sessions to improve basic stamina. You will get
accustomed to power training or the appropriate
performance level in one session per week. Weeks 7–10
maintain the intensity of Thai boxing training. The main
goal of stamina training is to maintain your performance
level, for which one session a week is enough. Power
training increases to two sessions per week.