A while back Mitch wrote this article called "Creating the Perfect Combat Athlete" on his blog:
Part 1: Conditioning and Part 2: Nutrition. I thought to be a good idea to link it from our Articles section so our new members can find it easily. Another reason is that it has a lot of excellent info and holds answers to some of the questions in the Beginners' and Training forums.

Happy training!

By Hansen Bay

Dropped by Sinbi Muay Thai during a short trip to Phuket last week.

It is common knowledge that Muay Thai training is one of the toughest in the world of sport. Some sports physiologists even feel that it is too stressful for the nervous system to go through two sessions of anaerobic training a day like Muay Thai practitioners do.