[ThinkGreen]

I would do a 2 day strength split and then 1 day a week do some muscular endurance type work, such as bodyweight circuits, randy couture like circuits, strongman type training, etc. Check out younggunz log for some insane muscular endurance/strength stuff as well... like the "viking" circuit and shit

[mschatz]

How many days of Muay Thai are you going to be doing a week?

[vince89]

To be honest, unless you have ambitions of fighting then youre thinking way too much into it. Just do your lifting and go to Muay Thai when you feel like it/have energy to do so.

PS. I didnt read the thread.

[andrewbc]

Originally Posted by Prokofievian

If you're training at any sort of decent school, you'll get a ridiculous amount of conditioning just from doing muay thai. If you're really that worried about your conditioning, after you've built up your recovery time, start every day with a 15 minute get up and go routine ala ross training.

i disagree to some extent. if the TS just attends his muay thai classes, his cardio and body will become conditioned to complete the classes and maintain that level of cardio. if the TS wants to fight however, sprints, anaerobics and lsd will serve him well

[Mr Bosco]

The solution is simple.

If you are going to Muay Thai 2-3 times per week, then I would suggest lifting heavy weights twice per week. Keep the strength training under an hour and focus on compound movements.

One routine might be:

Barbell Clean and Press
Deadlifts
Chinups/Weighted Chinups

or

Dumbell Snatch
Dumbell Clean and Press
Barbell Bentover Rows

Simple and effective. Don't worry about conditioning outside of training. Muay Thai training itself will get you in top notch condition. All of the heavybag work, pad work and sparring you do in class will serve you well. As a previous poster mentioned just lift heavy and go to Muay Thai. Rest when your body tells you to.

[B3rserk3R]

Originally Posted by vince89

To be honest, unless you have ambitions of fighting then youre thinking way too much into it. Just do your lifting and go to Muay Thai when you feel like it/have energy to do so.

I agree. Looking at this from a periodized strength/conditioning POV before you start is putting the cart before the horse a bit.

[Drunken-Monkey]

When i started training in Muay Thai i lost weight and some power in the gym (weight lifting).
Now im more used to it my cardio is better i have put the muscle back on and my power in the gym has gone up.

I still train like a powerlifter and do the Muay Thai and it hasnt caused me a problem, they have complimented each other. Plus the stretching sessions i do at Thai have helped with recovery from heavy weight lifting

I do Thai 2x a week and lift 4-5x a week

[DrBdan]

Originally Posted by andrewbc

i disagree to some extent. if the TS just attends his muay thai classes, his cardio and body will become conditioned to complete the classes and maintain that level of cardio. if the TS wants to fight however, sprints, anaerobics and lsd will serve him well

While I see what you're saying, I would disagree to a certain extent, at least based on how my MT classes are. A lot of the stuff in my classes are timed, e.g. skip rope for 3 minutes, 30 seconds of push-ups, 30 seconds of crunches, 30 seconds of sprawls, 30 seconds of jump squats, back to skipping etc. Since it's timed you can push yourself as hard (or as easy) as you want. As your conditioning improves you can keep going harder (skip faster, a few more push-ups etc). I'm not saying that work outside class won't help but as long as you push yourself in class it will still have benefits.