Why "Training Like Before Kids" Is Destroying Your Muay Thai Progress (The 95/5 Rule)

About this episode

This episode discusses how training like before having kids can hinder Muay Thai progress and introduces the 95/5 rule for effective training.

🎯 FREE RESOURCE – Muay Thai Performance Scorecard https://heatrick.com/dag6 To find out if your current training has gaps, and how to fix them! KEY MOMENTS Follow along using these quick timestamps: 00:00 Training Like Before Kids Is Destroying You 00:41 The Wrong Comparison Killing Your Progress 01:38 The 3-Level Training Model 02:20 Why This Specific Combination Works 03:33 Real Results: Daan & Jonathan's Stories 04:03 Your Flexible Weekly Training Template 05:34 When Life Goes Wrong: Auto-Adjustments 07:34 Can You Still Compete? (The Bangkok Answer) 09:32 Stay in the Game (Your Next Step) 👉 Watch this next: https://youtu.be/I7f_wCVebHA 🎙️ 📝 This episode's show notes and further resources at https://heatrick.com/2026/05/01/muay-thai-parents-the-95-5-rule-for-real-progress/

People in this episode

Host: Don Heatrick

Topics covered

• Muay Thai
• training methods
• parenting
• performance improvement
• flexible training
• competition

Keywords

• Muay Thai
• training
• performance
• parents
• 95/5 rule
• flexible training
• competition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Muay Thai

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