Thai Pads have the potential to be the best/worst workout.
4 straight punches, 4 lead round kicks, 4 rear round kicks, clinch, 4 knees, push off, and do it again until the timer rings.
that's beautiful.
the best cardio for fighting is doing rounds with a fresh partner every round or ever half-round.
Arriving in Thailand 9pm one night, training the next morning, from the relatively cold climate I come to into 35 degree humid heat of Thailand, still jetlagged. 8km run, 200 knees on the bag to warm up, bunch of bag rounds, then 5 rounds on the pads = actually thought I was going to die.
Tabata "Stacks," basically 3 different Tabata workouts done one after another.
Tabata Sprints
Tabata Skipping
Tabata Squats
Tell me what it was and how it felt.