Comments on: Circuit Training for Muaythai & MMA

By: re

re — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:33:14 +0000

Hi, i have just started out in muay thai and i was wondering if burpees was relevant to this discipline, so many people have told me its no use , is this true i really like burpees, especially the cardio thing you get from it!!!

By: adam

adam — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:26:36 +0000

those is nice pink shorts they be

By: Mark Alter

Mark Alter — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:25:15 +0000

Bruce — can you not get/use a removable doorway-fitting chinup bar? They cost like 10-20 bux…

Nice one with the ghetto thai medicine ball!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:15:39 +0000

I don’t have the chinup equipment at home. Mark, what do you recommend to substitute for this?

Everything else can be done with just a medicine ball. For now, I’m substituting with 2 thai pads velcroed together, with a 5lb dumbbell sandwiched in between. Yes I know it’s janky, but it’s all stuff I have lying around at home.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:34:09 +0000

Mackan

Yes. “Dips” are essentially “vertical pushups” and mostly work the same muscles as regular pushups do – though in different ratios. Dips done on parallel bars tend to work the lower chest fibers, lats, and triceps more. To fully develop your muscles, it’s always good to use a variety of angles: from vertical (dips), incline pushups, regular pushups, to upside-down (handstand) pushups.

BUT… although dips may be good for working & developing those muscles if you think about it, Muaythai doesn’t really involve any movements like dips (pushing forcefully downwards). Dips are not especially functional (relevant) for muaythai performance.

By: Mackan

Mackan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:04:55 +0000

isnt dips a very good exercise for your chest-muscles aswell as for your triceps ?

By: Gusnark

Gusnark — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:45:29 +0000

Thanks Mark.
I’m pretty familiar with various pushups, but I’m looking forward for your next article.
Bye

By: Mark Alter

Mark Alter — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:00:12 +0000

Gusnark -

Yeah – if you’re training without weights or other equipment (like elastics), various pushups are the best chest-muscle developers. But if you’re really going for size, you should follow what the bodybuilders do (not that I recommend that for Muaythai).

Otherwise, you can make pushups very challenging and comprehensive by using different hand positions (including one-arm pushups) and body-angles.

I’l be posting an article about pushups in a few weeks. Stay tuned.

By: Gusnark

Gusnark — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:31:46 +0000

Thank you very much Mark!
One more question. What do you think is a good exercise for developing a big, proportional chest? When it comes to weight lifting, one of the best exercises is a bench press. But what about a training without weights, comparing to bench press, are the various pushups the best exercises for the chest development?
Bye

By: I'm just sayin..

I'm just sayin.. — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:56:39 +0000

Good Job, Neungsiam!!! He is in pretty good shape.

By: Tong Po

Tong Po — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:19:07 +0000

Very explosive workout! I can see where this type of workout could translate into the explosiveness needed for combat type sports- even when fatigued. Good stuff.

By: myap

myap — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:16:20 +0000

Ah, two observations:

1) Now I know where Neungsiam was “inspired” to start incorporating the circuit training exercises at the end of Fight and Fitness’ Sat. AM class. :)

2) Also know now how he has been able to become so ripped this year! Good work.