Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance

By Don HeatrickSports

Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance episodes

September 18 Why 45-Year-Old Fighters Outwork 18-Year-Olds (It's Not Talent)
👊 HEAVY HITTERS — Extend your competitive window. Targeted effort, not volume https://heatrick.com/heavy-hitters/
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard http://heatrick.com/muay-thai-strength-conditioning-scorecard-formIs your current training is actually helping your fighting, or just making you tired!
KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:00:00 Two Curves Moving in Opposite Directions
01:08 The Physical Engine Peaks at 25
01:46 The Mental Engine Runs the Other Way
02:48 Resistance Training Buys You a Decade
03:43 Why Two 40-Year-Olds Feel Different
04:46 The 960-Session Line
06:40 Find Yourself on the Matrix
06:55 The Grinder: Under 30, Under 960
07:59 The Hunter: Under 30, Veteran
08:58 The Strategist: Over 30, Under 960
09:53 The Flow-Artist: Over 30, Veteran
10:56 The Proof: My Own Curve
12:00 Targeted Effort Beats Grinding Effort

👉 Watch this next: Why Your Gym Workout Isn't Making You a Stronger Fighter https://youtu.be/iUJJrsEvpmA
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/09/18/why-45-year-old-fighters-outwork-18-year-olds-its-not-talent/
15 min
September 04 You Have Fight IQ. Do You Have Training IQ?
👊 HEAVY HITTERS WAITLIST — Early access to the 20 spots & presale pricing http://heatrick.com/hh-waitlist
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard http://heatrick.com/muay-thai-strength-conditioning-scorecard-form
To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting or just making you tired

KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 Most Fighters Have Almost None of It
00:55 Training IQ: The Decisions Between Sessions
02:16 The System Is Universal, the Application Is Personal
03:35 Question 1: Which Stage Is the Constraint?
04:22 Question 2: Does This Compound or Cancel?
05:16 Question 3: What Your Body Actually Needs
06:14 The Cost Compounds Across the Whole Camp
07:20 The System Is Free. The Coaching Is Personal.

Other videos mentioned...
▶️ Why Your Gym Workout Isn't Making You a Stronger Fighter (IPO Model) https://youtu.be/iUJJrsEvpmA
▶️ The 4-Stage Muay Thai Training Cycle (Complete Blueprint) https://youtu.be/_UWXNzWnHok
▶️ I thought Muay Thai training was just supposed to wreck you... https://youtu.be/i9FUgRFHeRM
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/09/04/training-iq-for-muay-thai-train-smarter-not-harder/
10 min
August 21 I Finally Cloned Myself as a Coach
🥊 FIGHTER FOREVER WAITLIST — https://heatrick.com/nqq8
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/n1f2
To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting or just making you tired!
👊 📘 Optimal Fight Camp Blueprint available at http://heatrick.com/12-week-fight-camp

KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 How I Use AI
00:59 What stays human (Don)
01:30 What the AI intern does
03:28 Learning in public
04:08 The AI assistant coach behind the scenes
05:42 Fighter Forever and the AI assistant coach layer
06:33 Why I’m telling you this

👉 Watch this next:I thought Muay Thai training was just supposed to wreck you...https://youtu.be/i9FUgRFHeRM
🎙️ 📝 This episode's transcript page at https://heatrick.com/how-i-use-ai-transparency-page/
9 min
August 07 I thought Muay Thai training was just supposed to wreck you...
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/j8yjTo find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting or just making you tired!
You walk into Muay Thai class and before you even set down your kit bag, the room’s energy pulls you toward 100%. It feels like that decision has already been made for you. Go hard or go home. Most fighters never question their Muay Thai class intensity. They let the room, the coach, and the culture dictate their effort every session, racking up needless wear and tear they won’t feel for years.
I learned this the hard way. I’m in my fifties and I’ve already had my left hip resurfaced. All because I was fit enough to handle an excessive training workload. Every session I smashed “just because I can”, racked up miles on the clock that I didn’t feel until decades later.
I started fighting at 32 with no coach, no corner team, and no ringcraft. In my first year I won three titles at three different weights, and by 40 I was pro ranked number 4 in the UK. My approach has evolved from outright wasteful and dangerous to highly efficient and ruthlessly effective.
If I’d stuck with the old school approach I began with, then I wouldn’t have been able to train past 30, let alone begin a competitive fight career. You don’t need to kill yourself every session to perform your best.
In this video, I break down how to self-regulate your training intensity, even in group sessions you didn’t program yourself.
KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 The Cost of "Just Because I Can"
01:33 Where Periodization Breaks Down
02:17 Self-Regulate With These RPE Numbers
03:12 The Technique Cost of 100% Intensity
04:08 Dial Intensity Down, Skill Up
05:24 You Control More Than You Think

👉 Watch this next: https://youtu.be/jXc1VwX0zWo
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/08/07/how-to-control-your-muay-thai-class-intensity/
7 min
July 24 8 Lessons I'd Give My Younger Fighting Self (Before It's Too Late)
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/m7kg
To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting — or just making you tired!

KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 Find a Way and Chase It
01:11 Is Your Training Moving You Forward or Just Keeping You Busy?
01:42 Diagnose the Constraint Before You Prescribe the Fix
02:45 Do Less Than You Think You Need To
03:44 Training Is Not a Fight
05:19 Push to the Limit on Purpose, Not by Default
08:19 Your Late Start Is an Advantage
09:35 Is Your Training Making You Better or Just Making You Tired?
10:22 Find the Vehicle That Fits You
11:40 Take the Scorecard. It Might Save You Years.

👉 Watch this video next: https://youtu.be/iUJJrsEvpmA
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/
13 min
July 10 Why Your Gym Workout Isn't Making You a Stronger Fighter
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/5yzd
To find out if your current training is actually helping your fighting, or just making you tired!
KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 Your Gym Workout Is Cancelling Your Strength
00:41 The IPO Model: Where Power Actually Comes From
01:29 Firing a Cannon from a Canoe
03:18 The Thai Power Equation: 50% Input × 98% Process
06:09 Feeling Destroyed Isn't Adapting
06:56 The Two Conditions Your Gym Workout Is Missing
08:04 Fighter A vs Fighter B: Same Gym, Different Result
09:41 "I Could Not Get Tired" — Johan's Transformation
11:47 Strength Appears as Endurance
13:28 The Signal Conflict That Blunts Your Gains
15:23 The Optimal Training Cycle: Build Before You Endure
17:20 The Relentless Fight Pace Formula
18:41 When Your 80% Equals Their 100%
👉 Watch this video next (Optimal Training Cycle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UWXNzWnHok&t=72s
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/07/10/muay-thai-strength-training-stop-cancelling-your-own-gains/
23 min
June 26 Stop the Conditioning That's Killing Your Muay Thai Gas Tank
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/6j9u
Find the gaps in your athletic engine, your training structure, and your implementation capability and get a clear roadmap to close them.
KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 The Conditioning That Caps Your Engine
00:17 Your Three Fuel Pumps, Not One Tank
01:38 How Lactic Work Blunts Your Aerobic Base
02:54 Lorenzo: KO Artist, 3-out-of-10 Aerobic Base
06:04 Test, Don't Guess: Two Numbers That Diagnose Your Engine
08:48 The 14-Week Fix: 92% Not Lactic
10:19 Why Easy Work Builds a Faster Engine

👉 Watch this next: https://youtu.be/jXc1VwX0zWo
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/06/26/why-you-gas-out-in-muay-thai-and-how-to-fix-it/
12 min
June 13 Stop Your Muay Thai Progress From Derailing After One Bad Week
🎯 FREE WEEKLY WIN STRATEGY PDF... https://heatrick.com/g9dz
Two pages. One instruction sheet. One 48-week tracking grid. Free.

KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 The Missed Session Myth
00:23 Why One Miss Doesn't Matter
01:19 The What-The-Hell Effect
02:22 The Identity Trap
04:02 The Injury Test
05:40 The Weekly Win System
08:23 Red, Amber, Green Weeks & Months
08:52 The Triple Block Goal
👉 Watch this next:3 Training Schedules for Fighters That Actually Work https://youtu.be/7vJOKW5OA6Q
Also mentioned:
How to Structure Strength Training for Muay Thai (Speed, Power, Strength) https://youtu.be/yrF8y5CCjzo
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/06/13/habit-formation-for-fighters-why-training-streaks-collapse/
12 min
May 29 Fix the Imbalances Breaking Your Muay Thai Body
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/tw7v
Find your weak links, discover how to strengthen them.

KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 The Imbalance Breaking Fighters
00:15 Why Muay Thai Creates Imbalances
00:35 Most Fighters Get S&C Backwards
01:03 Perfect Symmetry?
01:15 Stage 1: The Reactive Fighter
01:59 Stage 2: The Maintenance Fighter
02:41 Stage 3: The Engineered Fighter
03:29 Which Stage Are You Really In?
03:57 Fixing the Reactive Fighter
04:41 Fixing the Maintenance Fighter
05:16 Advanced Prehab for Fighters

👉 WATCH THIS NEXT: How to Structure Strength Training for Muay Thai (Speed, Power, Strength) https://youtu.be/yrF8y5CCjzo

🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/
7 min
May 15 I Don't Like Watching Muay Thai Fights
🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/28kg
Spot where your training is leaking results, get solutions to plug those gaps… and help shape future episodes on this channel.
KEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 Why Watching Fights Doesn’t Light Me Up
00:27 I Realised I’ve Been Chasing Flow All Along
01:02 From Climbing Trees to Finding Muay Thai
02:21 Why Muay Thai Felt Like Flow on Tap
03:08 Why Watching Can’t Replace Doing
04:47 Borrowed Flow vs Becoming Changed by Training
👉 WATCH THIS NEXT: Why Your Muay Thai Skills Disappear When Fighting https://youtu.be/h50M0AjHNtg
🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/05/15/muay-thai-flow-state-why-i-train-not-just-watch/
7 min

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Helping ambitious fighters and coaches take their game to the next level by bridging the gap between Strength and Conditioning, Performance Science, and Muay Thai