Guys, How do you BALANCE your Training (Weights, Running, Skills etc)

[Biggiebrother**]

I'm about to get back into Muay Thai

I've spent the last 3-4 months training hard, weight training 4 days and running 4 days. My strength has gone through the roof, my punches are so much more powerful and now my cardio is back upto scratch

But even as is, i am finding it hard to balance the weights and the running. I train hard, i push myself had, i am sore from just about every weights working and i push myself running too. I think my body is already at the limit of it's recovery ability.

So if i'm looking to add 3 nites of Muay Thai training into the mix, i'm not sure how to balance it all. in addition i was looking at adding some plyometric training too


Will i have to tone down my weight training and running ?

How do you guys balance everything and not overload your body ?

 

[-V-MuayThai-V-]

That's a good question. I've started muay thai about 7 months ago and lifting weights for a while but now i'm trying to get back into it. So now i plan on doing a 3-day split monday-wednesday-friday and traingin muay thai on tuesday and thursday and sometimes saturdays if i'm to it. But that's just me.

 

[Ian Coe]

Running and weights I can do, but when I try and throw in MT my plans often go to pot. You can't compare a 30 min run with a 2 hour thai boxing session. One is a lot more draining because of the volume then the other.

At the moment I'm trying to juggle 3 MT training sessions, 2 HIIT sessions and 1 or 2 heavy lifting sessions.
I think the key is to build up to it, sleep a lot and eat even more.
Thats what I used to do a couple of years ago when I finished uni. I got 4 months out before my body packed in on me

 

[True2KungFu]

I try to do 2 days of lifting and 3 days of endurance training with about 4-5 days of skill training

Usually on hte lifting days thats all i do. Otherwise im working technique for about 1-1.5 hours and then i do about 20 minutes of endurance training.

Monday- technique and endurance
tuesday- lift
wednesday- technique and endurance
thursday- lift
friday- off
saturday- technique and endurance
sunday- technique and sparring

And then if i have time i like to throw in maybe 10-20 minutes of bagwork before or after lifting

 

[TapSD]

I honestly only weight train about 3 days a week...But every day Ill do pull ups...ton of push ups...basic stuff where I use my own body weight...I combine this with my regular MT and BJJ training and a TON of sprints. Sprints SUCK but they make your cardio go through the roof and I love em.

 

[bdweezil6998]

I tend to cycle it throughout the year. I do a little less cardio in the fall, going into winter. I up the amount of weight training I do at that point. In late winter, going into spring, I start doing more cardio, and cut a day of lifting. I also change my lifting style to lighter weights/more reps heading into summer.

 

[Ian Coe]

Some of you people disturb me wit your recovery abilitys

 

[triggertap79]

http://www.warriorforce.com/ultimatewarrior.html

This is a good book to design a training regimin with. It has a great section in the back that takes you through what a week's training should look like for a combat athlete.

 

[gziLLa]

I would definately cut down the running, and the weight training to 3 days/week, on the same day if u can, lift, then run, in one session it really boosts your bodys GH levels, then save the over days for MT

 

[Tom Trutnau]

Morning: Weights

Evening: Thai

Post-Thai: Run

Days Off.....run/lift whenever

 

[Biggiebrother**]

Cheers guys, yep i'm definitely going to reduce my weight training to 3 if not 2 days.

Doesn't help that i am currently on a cyclical ketogenic diet to get cut. I have only the tinyiest bit of fat on my lower abs and that's it but it's driving me crazy ! I want to lose that before i go back to a 40/40/20 diet.

 

[boooya777]

to save time and energy stick to core strength workouts and pylometric excercises in teh weight room.

 

[xthrasherx]

a lot of the thai fighters at my gym dont lift weights anymore. i've heard from a lot of thai fighters that they dont lift, they just train and do exercises with their body weight(push ups, dips, pull ups). how do you guys feel about this?

 

[True2KungFu]

its acceptable to do just bodyweight excercises, i love em. Though you do get alot of bang for your buck for heavy lifting and plyos combined. I spend like 2 hours strength training a week and it really helps

 

[Mojorisin99]

My training is broken down

Judo - 2x
MT - 2x
MMA - 3x
Lifting - 3x

I basically train hard everyday and then take Sunday off or go light. It's hard to do everything and work at the same time. I def recommend lifting just 3 times and on Saturday's double up if you can find enough time in between. Your also gonna have to have a very good diet.

 

[5stringaxe]

I lift heavy 2 days a week. Every training day matter what im working on.Weights, boxing, cardio whatever i just do 2 sets of pushups and pullups and an ab routine.One at the begining of a workout and one at end. I stopped weight training all together for a while but i started to get to weak in the clinch and i couldn't muscle anyone around whatsoever. 2 hours of heavy weight traning a week makes a huge diffrence for me without building cumbersome muscle mass.Everyone is different but i was getting tossed around to much without the powerlifting style routine i use. i dont bodybuild i do 3 to 6 reps thats it. Anything more is to light. High reps are Push/pull ups for me. I dont use weights for looks just functional combat strength.Use low reps and u wont tighten up as much.

 

[Biggiebrother**]

I do think Weight Training will help 90% of fighters, only ones IMHO who don't need to weight train are the ones with genetics to keep them naturally strong

I lose muscle mass fairly fast if i don't lift so i need to keep it up.

 

[phenomfan1529]

double post

 

[phenomfan1529]

i dont weight train at all

im gonna start weight training when i start bjj agian