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Raymond Bennett
Posted: 2006-05-24 08:16:20
Great subject guys.

I think comparisons with training in other sports is interesting.

I sometimes wonder which other sports produce the athletic type best suited to Muay Thai.
If you look at track athletes you might say that sprinters have the explosive power and fast twitch muscles that could overwhelm opponents and give knockout power. The downside being that they are short on endurance even 800 metre runners look spent after a 1minute 40 second race, hardly conducive to 5 3minute rounds where the latter rounds count most. Marathon runners certainly have the endurance but are they equipped for changes in tempo?
Perhaps the ideal comparable distance would be the middle distances 1500 to 5000 metres. The races last between 3 1/2 minutes to 15 minutes and often finish with a powerful sprint. We've all seen top African runners destroying an international field through injections of pace. Maybe it could be worth looking at how these athletes prepare for their races.

Obviously this maybe a little simplistic and other factors such as the weight of the fighters might come into play too.

I found this link to middle distance training thru a google search. Seems to tie in with what Mark L was saying, but I think endurance is still the basis.
Interested in your thoughts.

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