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training Session

Each session, from warm-up to cool down, is structured to last one hour, ensuring focused and purposeful training. As you develop proficiency and familiarity with Muay Thai, sessions will adjust to challenge and enhance your abilities.

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Warm up: Prepare Your Body for Action

Begin your training session with a dynamic warm-up routine, including activities such as treadmill jogging, jump rope exercises, or other cardiovascular exercises. This phase is essential for increasing heart rate, improving circulation, and loosening muscles in preparation for the intense workout ahead.

  • Warm up

  • Elevate heart rate

  • Stretch

Striking Fundamentals: Master the Basics

Next, focus on developing striking techniques. Utilizing focus mitts and leg pads, students will practice foundational strikes, such as punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. This phase serves to refine technique, enhance coordination, and warm up specific muscle groups.

  • Fundamentals

  • Coordination

  • Refine

Muay Thai leg check
Muay Thai trainer working with a student, holding focus mitts

Combination Drills: Expand Your Skillset

Progress to combination drills aimed at integrating various Muay Thai weapons into fluid sequences. Students will learn to string together strikes and defensive maneuvers, fostering versatility and adaptability in combat scenarios. This phase emphasizes coordination, timing, and strategy development.

  • Timing

  • Strategy

  • Adaptability

Sparring Session: Test Your Skills

For those comfortable and ready, the session may evolve into controlled sparring sessions. This allows students to apply learned techniques in a controlled environment, gaining valuable experience in timing, distance management, and defensive tactics.

  • Utilize all of your skills

  • Distance management

  • Defensive tactics

Sparring session at SMPR Fitness in Redmond, Oregon
Cool down stretching

Cool Down and Stretching:

Conclude the training session with a cooldown period focused on lowering heart rate and stretching major muscle groups. Gentle exercises and static stretches help prevent injury, reduce muscle soreness, and promote flexibility, ensuring a balanced approach to recovery and long-term performance improvement.

  • Recovery

  • Flexibility

  • Prevent injury

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