[deluxeMT]

Vital statistics:

Age: 24
Height: 193cm (6'4")
Weight: 75kg (165lbs)
Training since: July 2007
Fights: None so far

General information

A year and a half ago while on vacation my cousins (who also train MT) took me to a show run by their gym, I was hooked. Six months later I managed to get into a local MT gym. I've been training Muay Thai for almost a year now.

This log is a personal record documenting my training progress in MT and related conditioning

[zop]

You are taller then me and skinnier then me. You must be like a stick. I weigh over 40 lbs more and am 2 inches shorter and I consider myself skinny. lol you must look like a skeleton.

[deluxeMT]

10/6/08

Training day:

Warm-up

1 x 5 minute round: Alternating increasing kicks on the pads, 1 right, 2 left, 3 right, 4 left... up to 17

1 x 3 minute round: 1 right, 1 left, 2 right, 2 left, 1 right, 1 left kick's

3 x 3 minute round: Focus mitt's mainly working my jab, throwing some combos, moving around keeping my range

1 x (?) minute round: Jab-cross drill

2 x 1 minute round: 25 burpees with 4kg dumbell

1 x 1 minute round: 28 burpees

Shadow-boxing

Warm-down

The good:

- Jab was sharp and generally had good range.
- Right kick was the hardest it's been in weeks (maybe months), and the speed and power on the doubled up right kicks was excellent.
- Getting plenty of hip into my cross, feeling good and heavy.
- Wearing a mouthguard during training is feeling more natural.

The bad:

- Left kick is still limp, doesn't feel natural, needs a lot of work.
- While footwork was generally pleasing, could have been lighter on my feet.
- Since starting fight training, I'm less relaxed in training, this is tiring me faster than normal.
- When focusing on my jab, my left arm was fatiguing faster than I wanted. This needs to change if I'm going to fight a smaller heavier fighter where I'll be using my jab heavily and repeatedly through the whole fight.
- Double jab needs work, going to have to focus on working on doubling and tripling up jabs to sort this thing out.

[deluxeMT]

Originally Posted by zop

You are taller then me and skinnier then me. You must be like a stick. I weigh over 40 lbs more and am 2 inches shorter and I consider myself skinny. lol you must look like a skeleton.

Have a look on YouTube for Levin Artem, I'm about the same build as him (ignore the fact he get's KTFO by Yodsaenklai ). So yeah, skinny. Quite happy being at this weight for now, plan to fight in the low 70's. Once I've had a few fights I may try and do some more strength training and put on some weight. For now, this is my body's natural efficient weight.

Edit: The way I look at it is my build is effectively similar to your average Thai boxer, only much taller and therefore proportionally heavier. So long as I accept that I'm not going to be a Western style inside brawler, and fight according, no problem.

[vince89]

I know someone who fights at a pretty high level who is your weight/height so if it works for him it can work for you. Enjoy the reach advantage, its very rare you'll fight someone your height or taller.

Im competing at 74kg myself and am 4 inches shorter.

[indigoluxe]

11/06/08

Cardio:

Planned to do a race-pace 5k, headed out and my legs felt tight as hell, wasn't warming up through the first part of the run, everything just felt bad. Stopped and stretched everything out hard at 2.5k, and just for a minute. Ran back long and strong, everything felt relaxed and good.

Definitely adding more regular LSD style runs back into my routine. I've been putting plenty of emphasis on hills, sprints and stairs, but have been neglecting a quality and consistent distance program, and I could tell on this run. I don't care what anyone says, LSD is the basis of any good fighting cardio program, definitely need plenty of anaerobic work, but I see an LSD basis as essential.

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by deluxeMT

Vital statistics:

Age: 24
Height: 193cm (6'4")
Weight: 75kg (165lbs)
Training since: July 2007
Fights: None so far

General information

A year and a half ago while on vacation my cousins (who also train MT) took me to a show run by their gym, I was hooked. Six months later I managed to get into a local MT gym. I've been training Muay Thai for almost a year now.

This log is a personal record documenting my training progress in MT and related conditioning

wow


You have some range

I'm 5'11" and 83-86 kg

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by indigoluxe

11/06/08

Cardio:

Planned to do a race-pace 5k, headed out and my legs felt tight as hell, wasn't warming up through the first part of the run, everything just felt bad. Stopped and stretched everything out hard at 2.5k, and just for a minute. Ran back long and strong, everything felt relaxed and good.

Definitely adding more regular LSD style runs back into my routine. I've been putting plenty of emphasis on hills, sprints and stairs, but have been neglecting a quality and consistent distance program, and I could tell on this run. I don't care what anyone says, LSD is the basis of any good fighting cardio program, definitely need plenty of anaerobic work, but I see an LSD basis as essential.

Clever man


You need LSD, I don't care what anyone says, but priority on hard stuff (1.5-3 milers and interval/sprint work)

[Ian Coe]

Originally Posted by deluxeMT

Have a look on YouTube for Levin Artem, I'm about the same build as him (ignore the fact he get's KTFO by Yodsaenklai ). So yeah, skinny. Quite happy being at this weight for now, plan to fight in the low 70's. Once I've had a few fights I may try and do some more strength training and put on some weight. For now, this is my body's natural efficient weight.

Edit: The way I look at it is my build is effectively similar to your average Thai boxer, only much taller and therefore proportionally heavier. So long as I accept that I'm not going to be a Western style inside brawler, and fight according, no problem.

Long range knees and elbows are the way to go for you.

[deluxeMT]

Originally Posted by Ian Coe

Clever man


You need LSD, I don't care what anyone says, but priority on hard stuff (1.5-3 milers and interval/sprint work)

Definitely, possibly use LSD wrong, but generally use it to refer to anything 5km+, so when I say I want to add more LSD, I'm meaning more 6-8km runs than anything severely long.