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I’ve always been prone to overzealous “Muppetry”.
My wife Deborah has an instinctive eye-roll response every time I display this habit.
Although I’ve tempered this behaviour over time, it’s still part of me.
Case in point: When I first started Muay Thai, I spent two hours in my parents’ garage throwing the same spinning head kick over and over…
Inspired by Jean-Claude Van Damme in Kickboxer, I thought I was grooving perfect technique.
That left hip clicked and crunched for four months afterward. And now, 35 years later, I’m recovering from hip resurfacing surgery in that same hip.
Coincidence? I don’t think so.
The truth is, most fighters are wasting their Muay Thai skills training sessions exactly like I did – doing more repetitions but getting worse results.
Everyone talks about “perfect practice,” but nobody explains the science of HOW to actually do it.👊 📘 Optimal Fight Camp Blueprint available at http://heatrick.com/12-week-fight-campKEY MOMENTS
Follow along using these quick timestamps:
00:00 How I Ballsed It Up – Don't Do This
01:09 SECTION 1: Learning vs Testing Skills
01:40 – Skill Acquisition vs Testing Under Fatigue
02:40 – Skill Acquisition vs Retention
03:23 SECTION 2: How to Structure Your Practice
03:53 – The Magic Number of Reps
04:30 – Why Random Practice Beats Blocked
06:10 – Engineering Better Movement Patterns
08:34 – Skill vs Targeted Effort and Fatigue
09:16 – Periodized Skill Training
10:35 SECTION 3: Making Skills Stick
11:25 – Random Practice Example
12:59 – Structured Drills vs Creative Play
14:22 – The Power of Experimenting
15:07 From Training to Fighting (Next Video Preview)
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