Muay Thai Fighters: Your Evening Training Is Making Your Mornings Worse

Muay Thai Fighters: Your Evening Training Is Making Your Mornings Worse

From Heatrick Heavy Hitters – Muay Thai Performance by Don Heatrick

April 4, 2026 · 10 min

About this episode

This episode discusses how evening training can negatively impact morning performance for Muay Thai fighters.

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/hljw 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 Why Your Training Timing Is Wrong 00:29 The Time-Split Protocol — In 10 mins 00:45 You Feel Weak in the Morning 01:16 The “Morning Nadir” Problem 02:07 How Your Body’s Clock Affects Performance 02:32 The Backwards Training Mistake 04:24 The Time-Split Protocol (What to Do) 06:46 How to Peak for Fight Time 07:27 Strength, Injury Risk & Real-Life Performance 08:15 Why This Works (Coaching Proof) 08:49 Structure Your Week Properly 👉 Watch this next: https://youtu.be/7vJOKW5OA6Q 🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/04/04/muay-thai-fighters-your-evening-training-is-making-your-mornings-worse/

People in this episode

Host: Don Heatrick

Topics covered

  • Muay Thai training
  • performance optimization
  • training timing
  • morning performance
  • injury risk
  • strength training

Keywords

  • Muay Thai
  • training timing
  • performance scorecard
  • morning nadir
  • strength training
  • injury risk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Muay Thai Performance Scorecard, Heatrick, YouTube

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