Basic Training or Boot Camp - Class #1

- 5 minutes - warm up
- Fighting Stance
- Combo 1, 2, 3, 4
- Set of "tens" up, both sides to work on your kick and leave you sweating

Conditioning Kickboxing (Level 1) - sample workout

5m -          cardio (kickboxing cardio, running, skipping....just to name a few)
10-15m  -  toning, weights, plyometrics, ab routines, glute/thigh routines, etc
30-45m - Kickboxing (learning punches, kicks and combos and using them in drills designed to get maximum cardio and conditioning benefits)
5m -          cool down

Advanced Class - Level 2 - sample workout

10 minutes - Warm up (running, skipping, interactive drills, interval training, Shadow boxing, Kickboxing cardio techniques)
15 m - Technique
10 m - Kicking drills, punching drills
30 m - Semi-contact
10 m - Stamina drill

Training in Thailand

In January of 2007 I traveled to Thailand to train for 3 months. This was a typical day of training at the MuayThai Camp I was staying at, my training schedule was 6 - 7 days a week 5 - 6 hours per day.

In 42 days I trained over 200 hours, the times were officially logged by the Camp Coordinator at the MuayThai Institute Of Thailand. I only took 2 days off during that time frame, one was from a back injury during clinch sparring. Most of this training was agressive pad work, sparring, bag work, and running. Considering I only do about 5 hours of training a week here in Canada I did more training in 6 weeks there then I do in nearly 1 year in Canada.

This was one of the the toughest physical and mental challenges I have ever faced.

Morning Session  (7:15 am - 9:30 am)
7:15 am  -  Massage
7:30 am  -  5 - 10 km run
8:00 am  -  Stretch
8:15 am  -  5 rounds on the pads
8:35 am  -  10 minute break
8:45 am  -  3 rounds on the heavy bag
9:00 am  -  Technique

Noon Session (12:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
12:00 pm  -  45 minutes skipping
12:45 pm  -  Stretch
1:00 pm  -  3 rounds on the pads
1:15 pm  -  10 min break
1:25 pm  -  3 rounds of Clinching
1:45 pm  -  50 jumping knees on the heavy bag

Afternoon Session (5:30 pm - 7:30pm)
5:30 pm  -  3 km run
5:50 pm  -  stretch
6:05 pm  -  30 min Skipping
6:35 pm  -  Sparring and technique
7:30 pm  -  End of training (wai kru)