I've started Muay Thai and Wrestling with the goal of competing in one over the next year but its become apparent over...

>goal of competing in one over the next year

>probably walked in and thought he'd be tony jaa in 2 weeks

Thanks for playing

concentrate on the one you are competing in. especially if it's muay thai, because you are going to get your shit wrecked training a few times a week.

...which is why I want to start working on my athleticism now... I don't know what you missed there but enjoy being a dickhead

I'm no pro, but I work out mainly for the purpose of becoming a better martial artist as well. I'd suggest you check out how other martial artists train on Youtube, there's plenty of good inspiration out there.
Basically what I do is run a normal strength program based around heavy compounds, and on top of that I add a lot of cardio, balance and explosiveness exercises:
Box jumps, battle ropes, sled, a lot of kettlebell stuff. Sounds like crossfit I know, honestly, they steal some pretty good exercises for functional strength. They just ruin it by using terrible form most of the time.

>>goal of competing in one over the next year
>1 training session a weak
kek

pro tip: go to training or else forget competing. i am sparing you a lot of pain.

Juggernaut methods I've heard good things about. Do you have personal experience with either?

>going to ramp up Muay Thai to 3 -4 times a week im the next few months.

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There's an article on T Nation called How to Train to Fight, basically a modified 5/3/1 with everything you're looking for.

Cheers, I'll have a look

I found Jugg to be very high volume and hard to recover from if I was doing Muay Thai as well (Im not a pro I train after work)

Tactical barbell was great for increasing my strength and cardio (which translates in to athleticism) and was very flexible imo, i found it easy to recover from and it didnt affect my MT sessions.

Jugg would be great if you plan to take a break from MT. For long term I would go with Tactical Barbell

don't expect competing in a year
get a gym that will you train way, way more.
practice your actual fighting more.

i don't know how competitive muay thai is when compared to boxing, but if they are anything alike, you are honestly going to get fucked up if you try competing after only a year of training 3-4 times a week.

i just do it recreationally like you, but all the boxers at my gym are training/sparring 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day, on top of their morning run. and they've been doing it for years.

That's pretty good advice.

From all the fighters I've a year of serious training is about how long they spent. That along with regular interclub sparring which I'll be ellible for a couple of months and that should give me a solid idea of how far away I am from fighting.

Anyway this thread was in hope that I might get some decent advice on a strength and conditioning programme I could run alongside MT training

Don't know why is there so much negativity ITT, I mean beaing competitive doesn't means going pro and expecting to be at the very top.

I would actually suggest bodyweigth/plyometrics/sprints, also as soon as you feel ready start sparring.

You can't increase your explosiveness. Just focus on jumping technique using boxes.

Yeah I wasn't expecting such a backlash for asking for genuine advice.

Plyos and sprints are a very good idea and will definitelybe added

I was thinking sprints one workout, throws and jumps for the others