It’s Possible To Train Muay Thai And Work A 9-5

There may be some of you who are living your dream of training and fighting Muay Thai full-time but for most nak muay, the journey in the art of eight limbs has to contend with another pressing, everyday struggle: the day job.

Some of us have engaging careers that we’re very passionate about and want to continue alongside our training. Others have dreams of fighting and coaching full-time but still need the day job to pay the bills until that dream can become a reality.

Either way, juggling a full-time job and the stressors of rigorous training can take their toll on the body and mind.

Juggling It All

While it’s no small feat, managing both a vocational career and a fight career can be done.

Just ask Ognjen Topic: in the earlier days of his fight career (circa 2013), Topic was not only competing professionally at a very high level, but also maintaining his nine-to-five graphic design job....