How To Warmup For Muay Thai
By Sean Fagan
It takes a lot of practice, patience, and dedication to become a good Muay Thai fighter. To perform at your best, you need to prepare your body and mind. Warming up is an essential part of any workout routine, whether you're training for Muay Thai or any other sport.
Warming up helps prepare your body for the intense workout ahead. It increases blood flow to your muscles, increases your heart rate, and raises your body temperature. This helps to loosen the muscles and joints, making them more flexible and less prone to injury. It also helps to improve your performance by enhancing your range of motion, coordination, and agility. In essence, warming up prepares your body for the rigors of training or competition.
Not warming up before a workout can have serious consequences, like muscle strains, joint pains, or even more severe injuries, like ligament tears or dislocations. When you workout, your muscles undergo stress and tension, which can cause them to...
Yoga Warm Up For Fighters | Flexibility & Stretching Routine
'NO YOGA? NO MUAY THAI' - WHY STRETCHING IS ESSENTIAL TO FIGHTING
By Evan Lee
Recovery is one of the most essential factors of fighting and training yet it is also one of the most neglected. Yoga will not only help you to recover faster and prevents injuries, but I will wager to say that it will also make you a faster learner of Muay Thai and any physical activity.
First things first. Let’s talk injury prevention. As you might expect, tight muscles aren’t good.
Just imagine two scenarios. Let’s say you have a rubber band that’s been frozen, if you stretch it… it snaps. However, if you have a rubber band that’s nice and warm and has been tanning in the sun for a while, you can stretch it and it'll do its job without problem.
Yoga is a way to warm up your body so that you are ready for the strenuous exercise that is to come. Remember: don't be a frozen rubber band.
You wouldn’t try to stretch a frozen rubber band, so do not try to force...
Dynamic Warmup Routines For Muay Thai Training
MY #1 WAY TO KEEP WARMUPS FUN, ENGAGING & EFFECTIVE
By Sean Fagan
Before each and every training session, I do almost the same exact pre-workout routine. It involves foam rolling, skipping rope, dynamic movements, and some light static stretches.
I find that performing this dynamic warm-up routine before banging the heavy bag or doing any other type of Muay Thai training helps me get prepared in more ways than one.
Probably the most obvious benefit of having this pre-workout warmup is that it gets my body prepared for a hard training session. My muscles loosen up, the blood starts flowing through my veins, and the important areas of my body are ready to put in some work.
Besides being physically prepared to train, having my pre-workout routine gets me mentally focused and in the zone. This short 15-minute session gives me the right amount of time I need in order to get my mind zoned in on what I want to accomplish during my Muay Thai...
